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24 Nov 2012 14:00 CST Hong Kong
Timeless and Translucent: The Harold E. Stack Collection of Chinese Jades
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A white and russet jade 'mandarin ducks' brushwasher

Ming dynasty
The heavily constructed bulbous vessel of semi-spherical form finely worked on the exterior with a continuous scene of a lotus pond, featuring three mandarin ducks swimming and another in flight amongst lotus blossoms and leaves, flanked on the sides with intricately worked triple-lotus handles suspending loose rings, all supported above four pad feet, the stone with russet veining and inclusions.
22.9cm wide.

Sold for HK$ 437,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

Provenance 來源:
Spink & Son Ltd., 10 June 1981.

For a Qing dynasty spinach jade brushwasher with ring handles from the Avery Brundage collection in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, see René-Yvon L. d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1977, p.138, pl.LXII. See also a vessel in the form of a peach with butterfly ring handles in the Songzhutang collection, illustrated in Virtuous Treasures. Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.60-61, no.12.

明白玉雕荷塘鴛鴦活環洗

洗以和闐白玉而作，玉質潔白瑩潤，包漿光潤，沁紋自然。洗口圓形，底承四如意形足。內壁光素，外壁雕荷塘美景，池塘中碧波蕩漾，荷葉片片，荷花含苞欲放，兩對鴛鴦荷塘中游水嬉戲。洗兩側各雕雙荷葉蓮蓬耳，其下套有活環。此其玉質圓滑，雕工細緻，鴛鴦獻瑞，蓮蓬貴子，寓意美好。

此白玉洗於1981年購自立於18世紀末的中國藝術商Spink & Son公司。參見另外一件形制類似的碧玉活環洗，現藏於三藩市亞洲藝術博物館，見René-Yvon L. d'Argencé著，《Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection》，三藩市，1977年，頁138，圖版LXII。另見一件松竹堂藏清乾隆白玉桃形活環洗，曾於香港大學美術博物館展出，出版於《閣有天珍：中國文房玉雕》，香港，2008年，頁60-61，圖版12。

Category: Asian Art

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