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A FINE ROCK CRYSTAL CARVING OF A MONKEY RIDING A HORSE, LIAO DYNASTY
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03月12日 晚上6点 开拍
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Published:1. Jean-Paul Desroches (ed.) et al, Two Americans in Paris. A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 163, no. 274.2. Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), The Language of Adornment. Chinese Ornaments of Jade, Crystal, Amber and Glass, Paris, 2002, no. 93 (one of the pair).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. Naturalistically carved as a monkey sitting astride a recumbent steed, resting with the legs tucked under the body and the head slightly turned, as if glancing back at its rider. The ape positioned upon the hindquarters, with its hands gently placed on the head of its mount, conveying the harmonious rapport between the two animals and providing a passage for the cord, under the arm of the monkey, so that the carving may be suspended as a pendant.Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.Condition: The head of the monkey with a small repair. Otherwise good condition with expected old wear, natural imperfections, minute nicks, light scratches, and minor areas of soil encrustation.Weight: 136.6 gDimensions: Length 7.6 cmThe composition constitutes a visual pun: the four words 'ma shang feng hou' can be read as 'crazy monkey on horse's back', but by substituting the homophone characters one gets the auspicious rendering of 'may you rapidly be ennobled'. Schuyler Cammann provides an alternative reading for this image: 'hou zai ma shang', literally 'monkey is on horse's back', a pun on the wish 'may your descendants be mounted on horses'. This second interpretation, as Cammann explains, would have been more appropriate for low-ranking people who would never attain official positions or titles, but who would wish good fortune to their children. See: Schuyler Cammann, Substance and Symbol in Chinese Toggles, Philadelphia, 1962, p. 125.

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