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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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