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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT
Lot 202
AN EXQUISITELY CARVED YELLOW JADE 'BUT TERFLY', QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 USD
AN EXQUISITELY CARVED YELLOW JADE 'BUTTERFLY'
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 黃玉雕福疊富貴把件
intricately carved in openwork in the form of a butterfly, sumptuously detailed with finely incised outstretched wings, the long
antennae wrapped around a flowering peony blossom, the flower's furling stems extending to the underside to frame the delicately
defined thorax, ribbed abdomen and legs, the warm yellow stone with a lustrous polish
Width 3⅛ in., 7.8 cm
Provenance
Nathan Bentz & Co., San Francisco.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源
Nathan Bentz & Co.，舊金山
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Catalogue Note
The design of butterflies and peonies has traditionally been a favored motif in China for its highly auspicious meaning, with
the peony symbolizing wealth and honor, and the butterflies (hudie) representing the wish for 'accumulation of blessings (fudie)'.
Depicted together they convey the message for many blessings, wealth and high social status (fudie fugui).
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