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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 201

A SUPE RB WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'BUT TERFLY AND ASTER' PENDANT, QING DYNASTY, 18TH
CENTURY
Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD

A SUPERB WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'BUTTERFLY AND ASTER' PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 白玉雕紫苑花蝶圖珮

elegantly worked from a fine pebble, one side carved in low relief with a butterfly hovering above two aster sprays, pierced to the
top with a 'bull's nose' aperture for suspension, the lustrously polished stone of an even tone with russet skin to the reverse

Height 1⅞ in., 5 cm

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
The motif of a butterfly flying amongst flowers symbolizes love, joy, and prosperity. Compare a white jade pebble-form pendant,
attributed to the 18th century and carved in low relief with a butterfly opposite a prunus flower, sold at Christie's London, 15th May

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