Lot 84
  • 84

A WHITE JADE 'SQUIRREL AND GRAPE' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Length 2 1/2  in., 6.2 cm
the squirrel standing atop a large grape leaf with the forelegs bent and the neck and head lowered, the tail sweeping down in an arc at the other end of the leaf, a cluster of large grapes to one side of the animal, the stone an even white with an orange-russet skin at the underside of the leaf and at the base of the squirrel's tail

Provenance

Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 3rd November 1980.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 334.

Condition

The carving is in good condition. The stone is brighter white than in the illustration in the printed catalog.
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