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清早期 褐斑青玉雕太平有象擺件
估價
200,000 - 300,000 USD
招標截止
描述
- Jade
well carved in the round in the form of an elephant with elongated eyes and wrinkled skin, its head turned to the left, harnessed with elaborate trappings and an embroidered carpet saddle, with a small boy clambering on its back, wearing loose-fitted clothes and clutching a ruyi scepter in one hand and a vase in the other, the stone of a pale yellowish-green tone with extensive russet inclusions, wood stand (2)
拍品資料及來源
The charm of the subject and three-dimensionality of the present creature is accentuated by the natural russet-colored inclusions of the skin of the stone. This skillful incorporation of the colored skin of the jade pebble not only serves an aesthetic purpose but also highlights the carver's ability to minimize wastage of the precious stone. The solidity of the elephant modeled in the round embodies the strength, power and wisdom it symbolizes and compliments the fine detail of its facial features and saddle cloth as well as the playfulness of the clambering boy.
A carving of a boy climbing on an elephant that also incorporates the russet skin, but modeled more in the round was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2010, lot 2617; another one but with the boy holding a crop, was sold in these rooms, 18th September 1996, lot 3; and another depicting an elephant surmounted by a boy holding a ruyi scepter, from the Richard J. Robertson collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 28th March 1996, lot 1.
Compare also a carving of two figures and an elephant with head similarly turned inwards, from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 97 ; another, also integrating the natural russet coloring's, in the De An Tang collection, included in the exhibition A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 89; and a third example sold at Christie's New York, 23rd March 1995, lot 207. A similarly carved figure of an elephant in the Guanfu collection, was included in the exhibition Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1980, cat. no. 57.
The elephant is associated with the mythical Emperor Shun, one of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety, and is also the mount for the Buddhist Deity Samantabhadra. A boy climbing or riding an elephant symbolizes the wish for good fortune.
A carving of a boy climbing on an elephant that also incorporates the russet skin, but modeled more in the round was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 8th October 2010, lot 2617; another one but with the boy holding a crop, was sold in these rooms, 18th September 1996, lot 3; and another depicting an elephant surmounted by a boy holding a ruyi scepter, from the Richard J. Robertson collection, was sold at Christie's New York, 28th March 1996, lot 1.
Compare also a carving of two figures and an elephant with head similarly turned inwards, from the Qing Court collection and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 97 ; another, also integrating the natural russet coloring's, in the De An Tang collection, included in the exhibition A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 89; and a third example sold at Christie's New York, 23rd March 1995, lot 207. A similarly carved figure of an elephant in the Guanfu collection, was included in the exhibition Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1980, cat. no. 57.
The elephant is associated with the mythical Emperor Shun, one of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety, and is also the mount for the Buddhist Deity Samantabhadra. A boy climbing or riding an elephant symbolizes the wish for good fortune.