Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
A WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE BADGER' GROUP, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
September 22, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
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
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
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.
因「獾」與「歡」同音，雙獾即寓意「雙歡」，也代表夫妻婚姻美滿。參考一相類十八世紀白玉雙歡把件，Gerald Godfrey 收藏，售於香港佳士得1995年10月30日，編號841。另比一例，奉文堂舊藏，售於紐約蘇富比2015年9月15日，編號151；再比一例，售於香港蘇富比2017年6月1日，編號1。