A white jade carving of two badgers
Qianlong
The two animals jointly feeding from a single leafy sprig of lingzhi fungus, the stone of even white tone with russet inclusions cleverly used to highlight the heads, wood stand. 5.6cm (2¼in) wide (2).
The two animals jointly feeding from a single leafy sprig of lingzhi fungus, the stone of even white tone with russet inclusions cleverly used to highlight the heads, wood stand. 5.6cm (2¼in) wide (2).
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£6,000
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Footnotes
- Provenance: an Italian private collection.
Compare a related white jade 'double-badger' group from the Tuyet Nguyet collection, illustrated by H.K.F.Hui and T.Y. Pang, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2007, Catalogue no.103, where it is noted that two badgers, Shuanghuan, are a pun on conjugal joy.
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