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AN INSCRIBED WHITE JADE
‘GUANYIN’ BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
CENTURY

skillfully utilizing the natural form of the stone,
the principal surface finely carved with Guanyin
sitting in ‘royal ease’ on a lotus pod, the right
hand resting on the knee and holding a rosary,
large upright lotus petals behind the goddess,
one inscribed with a five-column poem in
kaishu, followed by an inscription reading
Qianlong bingshen yuzan (imperially eulogized
by Qianlong in the bingshen year), accompanied
by two seals qian and long, the well polished
stone an even white color with occasional
natural fissures and some light russet skin to
the underside, wood stand (2)
Height 7¾ in., 19.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Manheim Galleries, New Orleans, 21st
November 1969.
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-
2020).
The poem inscribed on the present lot, titled
Hetian yuguanyinxiang zan (Laudation of
the Hetian jade Guanyin), was written by the
Qianlong Emperor and is included in Yuzhiwen
erji [Anthology of imperial texts, vol. 2], juan
41, Qinding siku quanshu [By imperial order,
complete works from the Four Treasures
Library].
$ 10,000-15,000

清十八 / 十九世紀 白玉雕蓮花觀
音坐像
題識：
普門普度 大慈大悲 諸佛眾生 同一皈依
以大圓覺 行六波羅 返聞寂照 應感隨他
燃智慧燈 成妙勝果 如是玉像 夫何不可
乾隆丙申御贊

印文：
181 乾 隆
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE ‘ELEPHANT 清十七 / 十八世紀 青玉雕太平有象擺件
AND BOY’ GROUP 來源
QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY 來源 Manheim Galleries，新奧爾良，1969年11
Mathias Komor，紐約，1947年8月5日 月21日
carved as an elephant standing foursquare with its head Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏 Allen O. Battle 醫生 (1927-2020) 收藏
turned towards its right, its wrinkled skin, curved tusks and
long tail finely detailed, a boy sitting astride the animal with
the left arm pressing against a large treasure vase (bao ping)
and clasping a lotus stem in the hand, the right elbow resting
on the bent right knee, the head turned to the side, the pale
green stone with pale russet inclusions, wood stand (2)
Height 4⅜ in., 11 cm

PROVENANCE
Mathias Komor, New York, 5th August 1947.
Collection of Dr. Allen O. Battle, Ph.D (1927-2020).

$ 6,000-8,000

114 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N10644 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ALLEN O. BATTLE, PH.D 115