Page 35 - 2021 March 15th Fine Chinese Paintings and Works of Art, Bonhams NYC New York

PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY
32
A PALE CELADON-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘ELEPHANT AND
HEHE ERXIAN’ GROUP
17th/18th Century
Carved from a vertical trapazoidal shaped pebble with a wrinkled old
elephant with long tusks and head bowed to one side and wearing a
fringed lotus blanket over his back which is surmounted by the laughing
twins, Hehe Erxian, one holding a circular box, the other a lotus stem
and clambering either side of tripod censer and cover ding, the toes and
underside of the feet well delineated, the attractive stone with areas of
skin and inclusions highlighting the scene; with a stepped stand.
3 1/2in (9cm) high
$15,000 - 20,000

十七/十八世紀 青白玉帶皮太平有象把件

Provenance
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1981

來源
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, 紐約，1981年

For another celadon and russet jade carving of the same subject but
of larger size, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection
of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.220, no. 170. Like
ours, a vessel is carved atop the blanket which centers the elephant’s
back and the boys clamber to the sides. For a slightly later white
jade boy and elephant group, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Lot 30 (Two views)
Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum) Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, p.117, no. 97

FINE CHINESE PAINTINGS & WORKS OF ART | 33