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A PAIR OF ROCK CRYSTAL ‘MONKEY AND YOUNG’ CARVINGS, LIAO DYNASTY
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09月11日 下午5点 开拍
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A PAIR OF ROCK CRYSTAL ‘MONKEY AND YOUNG’ CARVINGS, LIAO DYNASTY
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published:
1. Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), The Language of Adornment. Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass, Paris, 2002, no. 92.
2. Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 163, no. 274 (part lot).

Exhibited:
1. Pointe-à-Callière Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Montréal, 17 November 2016-19 March 2017.
2. Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia. The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.

China, 10th-11th century. Each vividly carved, the adult monkey depicted seated on its haunches, clasping its knees, while an infant perches upon its shoulders, grasping the parent’s head with both hands and letting its left leg hang across the adult’s chest. The sinuous tails of both monkeys rise from the base of the spine, closely following the contours of the body, and their faces schematically rendered. The arms of the young carved free, leaving openings that allow a cord to pass through for suspension as a pendant. (2)

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: One of the monkeys with an obvious repair, otherwise in very good condition with expected wear, natural fissures and inclusions, minuscule nicks, and small areas of soil encrustation.

Weight: 185.5 g
Dimensions: Height 6.8 to 7.9 cm

Monkeys are seldom represented in ancient Chinese art. The majority of the known examples date to the late Eastern Zhou and Han periods, when the animals are often depicted on inlaid or gilt bronze belt hooks and fittings. This rarity may be due to the relatively restricted geographic areas in which the two most common species of Chinese monkeys live. The yellow or golden monkey (macacus thibetanus) and the golden-brown monkey (rhinopethicus roxellanae) dwell mainly in the forests of Sichuan province.

In China the monkey is considered a protector against spirits and goblins, ensuring health and success for human beings. Some of these auspicious notions are contained in the word ‘monkey’ itself. The general Chinese name for monkey or ape is hou, which makes a direct pun on the word for ‘marquis’ (connoting noble rank in general) and also a less precise pun on ‘descendent’. In Chinese, the motif of a monkey with its baby on its shoulders (hou bei feng hou, ‘crazy monkey behind monkey’) is a rebus for the auspicious phrase ‘May the later generations (of the family) be ennobled as marquises’. See Schuyler Cammann, Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles, Philadelphia, 1962, p. 124.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related rock crystal figure of a boy with lotus, 9.4 cm high, dated to the Liao dynasty, 11th-12th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 2008.326.

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