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A CELADON-GREEN JADE ‘SHOULAO, DEER AND PINE A WHITE GREY AND ‘PINK’ JADE FIGURE OF
TRUNK’ SMALL VESSEL GROUP DONGFANG SHUO
18th Century 18th Century
The group carved with a bearded robed figure of Shoulao holding Of narrow profile, the figure holding a weighty peach branch in
a branch of fecund peaches, and seated in semi-recline against a both hands which trails over his right shoulder and on to his left,
hollowed-out pine trunk forming a small vase or vessel, and carved wearing baggy-sleeved robes tied at his waist and a large straw
with pine needles, bamboo and lingzhi, a small deer kneels before hat slung across his back.
him and turns to look over its back, the underside of each also 3 1/4in (8.2cm) high
realistically carved.
3 7/8in (9.7cm) across, wood stand $2,500 - 3,500

$2,000 - 4,000 十八世紀 玉雕東方朔像

十八世紀 青玉雕福祿壽擺件 A very similar carving in white jade and dated to the Qianlong period,
depicting the same historical figure with a huge peach spray weighing-
For a small celadon jade standing figure of Shoulao clutching a large down across his shoulder and with a large straw hat hanging on his
peach and with a deer at his side, see Sotheby’s, New York, The back, is illustrated by Knapton Rasti, Asian Art, London, 2002, p.
Robert Youngman Collection, 19 March 2019, lot 238. A pale celadon 52, no. 82, where the authors cite, James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades
group of more horizontal format showing Shoulao seated under a pine from Han to Ch’ing, p. 119, pl. 101, where the figure is described as
tree with his deer nearby, see Christie’s, London, 15 July 2005, lot 338. Tung-Fang Shuo (Dongfang Shuo) an historical figure from the court
For another celadon jade deer and crane group with a vase or vessel of the Emperor Wu-ti (Wudi) in the Western Han period, and often
formed from an old pine trunk, see Sotheby’s, London (St. George) 17 represented stealing the peaches of Immortality.
May 2019, lot 236.

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