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A WHITE AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE HOLDER, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
奥地利
04月10日 下午5点 开拍
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China. Well carved in high relief and pierced with a continuous scene depicting a group of eight scholars and attendants in a rocky landscape with towering pines and a bamboo grove. Two sages are playing weiqi accompanied by a young attendant while a third strokes his beard as he watches the game, another scholar and his attendant are observing the scene from behind a tree, and two are engaged in conversation on a mountain path. Set on a carved and openworked spinach-green jade stand and fitted with a similar spinach jade cover. (3)Provenance: From the private collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, New York. The cover with an old label from the Hartmans inscribed with Alan Hartman's dating for the present lot, 'XVIIIC'. Alan Hartman (1930-2023) was an influential American art dealer, who took over his parents' antique business in Manhattan and established the legendary Rare Art Gallery on Madison Avenue, with further locations in Dallas and Palm Beach. His wife Simone (nee Horowitz) already served as assistant manager of the New York gallery before the couple married in 1975, and together they built a renowned collection for over half a century and became noted art patrons, enriching the collections of important museums including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (which opened the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in 2013) as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum in New York. Alan Hartman has been described as the greatest antiques dealer of our generation, and was widely recognized as a world authority in Chinese jade, bronzes, and Asian works of art.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, traces of use, natural fissures, few minute nibbles to edges, an old minor loss to one bamboo stalk.Weight: 396.5 g Dimensions: Height 21.2 cmIncense culture in Qing dynasty China, particularly at court, played a vital role in daily life, rituals, and aesthetics, whether it was used to honor ancestors or to create an atmosphere of serenity and contemplation. Especially during the reign of emperors like Qianlong, incense burning was both a practical necessity and a symbolic gesture woven into the fabric of courtly life. This cultural importance is reflected in the choice to craft common items, such as incense holders, from precious materials. Even though more readily available and well-suited materials like bamboo - often used for incense holders due to its ease of carving - were an option, the use of rare materials elevated these objects to symbols of status and refinement, further emphasizing the Qing court's emphasis on luxury and cultural sophistication.Carved and pierced jade incense holders such as the present example are based on carved bamboo holders of the 17th and 18th century such as those illustrated in Ip Yee and Laurence C. S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Hong Kong, 1982, Vol. II, nos. 74-86, pp. 260-274. It is interesting to note that such carvings, in addition to carved bamboo brushpots and mountains, appear to have been translated to jade particularly during the Qianlong period. Expert's note: The staining near the reticulated openings of the carved bamboo grove indicates period use, most likely as a parfumier but possibly to burn incense. Literature comparison:Compare a related jade incense stick holder, 22.2 cm high, dated late 18th-early 19th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 21.175.84.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Sotheby's, New York, 18 March 2014, lot 325Price: USD 33,750 or approx. EUR 43,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing.: A reticulated white and spinach jade incense holder and cover, 20th centuryExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving with similar cloud near the top, figures engaged in a game of weiqi at the center, rocky base set against flowing water.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 June 2017, lot 612 Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 46,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A reticulated white and spinach-green jade 'scholar and attendant' incense holder and a cloisonne enamel stand, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving.

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