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A WHITE AND PALE BROWN JADE ‘HE HE ERXIAN’ GROUP, 18TH CENTURY
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A WHITE AND PALE BROWN JADE ‘HE HE ERXIAN’ GROUP, 18TH CENTURY

China. Finely carved and pierced as two boys standing on a slightly opened, large, lobed box and a three-legged toad skillfully picked out by the lapidary using the pale brown section of the stone, one holding a lotus stem in his right hand, both with smiling expressions, neatly detailed facial features, and finely incised hair and garment folds. The translucent stone is of a white and pale brown color with cloudy inclusions. The carving is pierced in several areas to allow for suspension as a pendant.

Provenance: The Robert A. & Elizabeth Cookson Collection. A private collection in New York, United States, acquired from the above. Robert ‘Bob’ Cookson (1922-2008) studied at Stanford University and later joined the family business for manufacturing industrial doors in San Francisco, working for The Cookson Company until his retirement in 1985. However, he was best known for his involvement in tennis, eventually serving as the president of the United States Tennis Association. His other passion was collecting Chinese jades, especially of the brilliant white variety, which he assembled throughout his life together with his wife Betty (d. 2022), a tennis player and National Gold Slam Champion.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear.

Weight: 54.4 g
Dimensions: Height 5 cm

Hehe Erxian, translated as the Immortals of Harmony and Union, are two Taoist immortals popularly associated with happy marriages. They are adaptations of two famous poet-monks of the Tang dynasty, Hanshan and Shide. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the twins were usually depicted holding a box (‘he’) and a lotus stem (‘he’), forming the rebus for harmony (‘he’) and unity (‘he’). They were officially canonized as the God of Harmony and the God of Good Union in the first year of the Yongzheng reign and are widely regarded as gods who bless love between husband and wife.

During the Qing dynasty, the three-legged toad became so popular an image that its meaning became synonymous with the Daoist immortal Liu Hai. The word for toad is homophonous with offspring (wa), which means the toad came to symbolize the wish for multiple offspring to continue the family line.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 6 November 2018, lot 217
Price: GBP 8,750 or approx. EUR 14,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A white jade carving of the ‘Hehe Erxian’, Qianlong period
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and manner of carving. Note the size (6 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 June 2015, lot 3172
Price: HKD 625,000 or approx. EUR 88,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pale celadon jade ‘Hehe Erxian’ pendant, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, manner of carving, and size (5.2 cm).

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