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A large yellow jade 'gourd' brushwasher 19th century (2) image 1

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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

Lot 37

A large yellow jade 'gourd' brushwasher
19th century

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

4 June 2015, 10:30 HKT

Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A large yellow jade 'gourd' brushwasher

19th century
Crisply carved as an elongated gourd borne on gnarled leafy tendrils bearing smaller gourds and blossoms, the yellow stone with subtle russet inclusions, wood stand.
18.4cm (7 1/4in) wide (2).

Footnotes

十九世紀黃玉雕瓜式洗

Provenance 來源:
An English private collection and thence by descent

英國私人收藏，並由家族繼承

Yellow jade was a favourite at the Qing Court and it was believed to have been particularly admired by the Qianlong emperor. The popularity of yellow jade is well documented as early as the Ming dynasty; in Sir Percival David's translation of the Ming dynasty text Gegu Yaolun ('Essentials of Chinese Connoisseurship'), white jade and yellow jade are listed as being particularly highly sought after.

Gourds surrounded by tendrils trailing smaller gourds are a popular concept in Chinese imagery, symbolising family strength and continuity. The larger and smaller gourds (瓜 gua and 瓞 die respectively) represent 'May you there be ceaseless generations of sons and grandsons' (瓜瓞綿綿 guadie mianmian) and the tendrils (蔓帶 mandai) are a pun for 'ten thousand generations' (萬代 wandai).

Compare a related but larger white jade brushwasher, 18th century, sold in our London rooms, 12 May 2011, lot 92.

相關例子可參見一白玉例子，拍賣於倫敦邦瀚斯，2011年5月12日，拍品92。

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