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9/2/2020                                       Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings | Sotheby's



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

































       Lot 209


       AN EXCEPTI ONALLY RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'DAOIST IMMORTALS' GROUP, QING
       DYNASTY, KANGXI / YONGZHENG PERIOD
       Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD

       AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'DAOIST IMMORTALS' GROUP
       QING DYNASTY, KANGXI / YONGZHENG PERIOD
       清康熙 / 雍正 青玉雕仙山童子擺件

       well carved with four playful boys, including the immortals Hehe Erxian and Liu Hai, on a pierced jagged rock
       formation above swirling waves, one boy depicted on a ledge holding a vase in his hand while looking below at another boy holding
       a broom, with two other boys sitting by a stone table, one holding a coin and the other grasping a toad, the softly polished stone
       of greenish-yellow tone with areas of russet coloration

       Height 3⅞ in., 9.8 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
       Deftly carved with four boys playing on a rocky ledge, this charming sculpture is an exquisite and rare example of a figural scene
       carved to be viewed from every side. The complexity of composition, with the interacting figures engaged in various activities and




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