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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT
Lot 239
A WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE BADGER' GROUP, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD
A WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE BADGER' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 白玉雕雙歡把件
finely carved in the form of a pair of recumbent badgers resting head to tail, each detailed with characteristic pointed face and
small pricked ears, their bodies mirroring each other with paws touching, the center hollowed, the stone translucent white
Length 2¼ in., 6 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 depiction of two badgers conveys marital bliss, and the creatures are often shown arranged head to tail with their paws
touching. Compare an 18th century white and russet jade 'double badger' group from the collection of Gerald Godfrey, sold at
Christie's Hong Kong, 30th October 1995, lot 841. A second example, formerly in the Feng Wen Tang Collection, was sold in these
rooms, 15th September 2015, lot 151; and a third sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 1st June 2017, lot 1.
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