Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection
Important Chinese Art including Imperial Jades from the De An Tang Collection
Property from the De An Tang Collection 德安堂藏玉
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October 13, 04:27 AM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 1,000,000 HKD
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Property from the De An Tang Collection
A white jade 'elephant and boys' group
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
德安堂藏玉
清乾隆 白玉太平有象擺件
carved as an elephant standing foursquare with its head turned towards its right, caparisoned with a long tasselled saddle rug decorated with bats flying amidst clouds above crested waves and rockwork, set with a man and a foreigner kneeling atop the elephant supporting a hollow baluster treasure vase (baoping), the foreign with a brush in his hand, and the other holding the vessel by a ribbon, the stone of a milky-white tone with minor dark inclusions
17.8 cm
Sotheby's London, 5th December 1995, lot 101.
倫敦蘇富比1995年12月5日,編號101
A Romance with Jade: From the De An Tang Collection, Yongshougong, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 87.
《玉緣:德安堂藏玉》,永壽宮,故宮博物院,北京,2004年,編號87