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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
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Lot 237
A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF LIU HAI, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 USD
A LARGE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF LIU HAI
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 青白玉雕劉海戲金蟾擺件
skillfully designed, depicting the immortal merrily standing on one foot against swirling waves, holding in his left hand a broom and
in his right hand a pearl, wearing a loose trousers fastened with a strap at the waist securing a pair of woven shoes, with a three-
legged toad underfoot, the softly polished stone of an attractive even color with faint russet patches and natural fissures
Height 7¼ in., 18.3 cm
Provenance
Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1st August 1961.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源
Nagatani, Inc.，芝加哥，1961年8月1日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Catalogue Note
Jade representations of Liu Hai of these impressive proportions are extremely rare and no closely comparable carving appears
to be published. A carving of similar size depicting Shakyamuni as an ascetic, attributed to the 18th/19th century, is published in
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