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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE GERARD ARNHOLD
955
A RARE WHITE JADE PEACH-FORM LITERATURE
TRIPOD BRUSH WASHER Joan Hartman, Three Dynasties of Jade, Indianapolis Museum of Art,
1971, no. 44
18TH CENTURY
Raised on three compressed ‘fower bud’ feet, the body is carved in Other vessels of this type, where the compressed body with a
relief on two sides with an archaistic dragon above clouds that rise spout has a character or symbol spanning the interior have been
from the underside. A musical chime carved at one side of the mouth published. One with a shou (longevity) character in the Tianjin
suspends a ribbon-tied triple lozenge on the side below and also Municipal Museum is illustrated in Can Yu, Hong Kong, 1993, pls.
‘suspends’ a large openwork shou (longevity) character that spans the 204-205. One with a xi (happiness) character from the Helen and
interior of the vessel and is hung with tassels that fall on either side of Peter Collection was included in the 45th Anniversary Exhibition of
the gently rounded spout on the opposite side. The well-polished, the Min Chiu Society, Auspicious Emblems, Hong Kong, 2005, no.
semi-translucent stone is of even white color with some added russet 218. One with a shuangxi (double happiness) symbol was included
markings on the underside. in the exhibition Magic, Art and Order: Jade in Chinese Culture, Palm
4æ in. (12.1 cm.) wide Springs Desert Museum, 1990, no. 120. And another with a shuangxi
symbol from the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, was sold
$25,000-35,000 at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1539. As with the
present example, the various characters or symbols are ‘suspended’
from a musical chime on one side of the rim and on the other side
PROVENANCE
The Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010) Collection, São Paolo. of the rim are hung with tassels that frame the spout.
清十八世紀 白玉雕桃式拐子龍紋壽字洗

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62 FINE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS from Private Collections