A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF DONGFANG SHUO, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
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September 22, 03:56 PM GMT
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A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF DONGFANG SHUO
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
清十八 / 十九世紀 青玉雕東方朔立像
the striding immortal carved in a dynamic posture with the head raised high and turned to the left, the face contorted into a gentle grimace above a finely incised beard, with tufts of curled hair beneath the bald crown, wearing long flowing robes fastened with long tassels suspended from the waist, its voluminous folds sweeping around him as if caught by the wind, the right arm raised to support a large peach gathered in the robes, the pale green stone with occasional opaque white and fine speckled grey inclusions
Height 6 in., 15 cm
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Although Dongfang Shuo is depicted in the quintessential act of stealing a peach of longevity, the present carving is notable for the inclusion of a singular oversized fruit. Most other carvings of Dongfang Shuo depict the immortal carrying a branch of peaches and a double gourd.
Compare a celadon jade figure of Dongfang Shuo, attributed to the 18th-19th century, in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 1633&A-1882. Another, attributed to the late Ming/early Qing period, is illustrated in Chinese Jades from Han to Ching, Asia Society, New York, 1980, pl. 101. See also a white jade figure attributed to the late Ming period illustrated in Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 101. For a late Qing example, see one in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, included in Michael Knight, He Li, and Terese Tse Bartholomew, Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, San Francisco, 2007, pl. 324.
東方朔形像多為手持桃實一串連桃枝及葫蘆，表現其偷桃以求長壽之傳説，本像東方朔僅携一桃而非成串桃實，甚爲鮮見。比較一青玉雕東方朔像，斷代十八至十九世紀，現存於維多利亞與艾爾伯特博物館，倫敦，藏品編號1633&A-1882。另一例斷代明末或清初，圖載於《Chinese Jades from Han to Ching》，亞洲協會，紐約，1980年，圖版101。另比一白玉例，斷代明末，載於《Jades from China》，東亞藝術博物館，巴斯，1994年，編號101。再比一例，斷代晚清，現藏於舊金山亞洲藝術博物館，載於 Michael Knight、賀利及謝瑞華，《Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century》，舊金山，2007年，圖版324。