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A rare and fine white jade group of a sage and deer Qianlong image 1
A rare and fine white jade group of a sage and deer Qianlong image 2
Lot 160

A rare and fine white jade group of a sage and deer
Qianlong

8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£60,000 - £80,000

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A rare and fine white jade group of a sage and deer

Qianlong
The greyish-white stone crisply carved as a sage wearing long flowing robes and a scholar's cap holding a ruyi sceptre standing on rockwork beside a small boy holding a branch issuing two peaches over his left shoulder, a deer crouching in front with its head raised to look up at the sage, wood stand.
18cm (7in) wide (2).

Footnotes

Provenance: an Italian private collection

清乾隆 白玉雕持如意高士倚鹿

來源: 意大利私人收藏

A related white jade carving of a lady with a ruyi sceptre held over her shoulder and accompanied by a deer is illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 8, Qing Dynasty, Beijing and Hefei, 2011, no.274.

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