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A white grey and 'pink' jade figure of Dongfang Shuo 18th Century image 1
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Lot 38

A white grey and 'pink' jade figure of Dongfang Shuo
18th Century

15 March 2021, 10:00 EDT
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A white grey and 'pink' jade figure of Dongfang Shuo

18th Century
Of narrow profile, the figure holding a weighty peach branch in both hands which trails over his right shoulder and on to his left, wearing baggy-sleeved robes tied at his waist and a large straw hat slung across his back.
3 1/4in (8.2cm) high

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十八世紀 玉雕東方朔像

A very similar carving in white jade and dated to the Qianlong period, depicting the same historical figure with a huge peach spray weighing-down across his shoulder and with a large straw hat hanging on his back, is illustrated by Knapton Rasti, Asian Art, London, 2002, p. 52, no. 82, where the authors cite, James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, p. 119, pl. 101, where the figure is described as Tung-Fang Shuo (Dongfang Shuo) an historical figure from the court of the Emperor Wu-ti (Wudi) in the Western Han period, and often represented stealing the peaches of Immortality.

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