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A PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A BOY WITH A SHEEP, EARLY QING DYNASTY
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03月12日 晚上6点 开拍
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China, 17th - 18th century. Finely carved as a kneeling boy beside a recumbent sheep, the youth clad in loose-fitting robes, carrying a basket over his shoulders from which curling lingzhi stems emerge. He grasps one stem with his hands, while the animal holds another in its mouth. The translucent stone predominantly of pale celadon hues, accented with cloudy inclusions and delicate brownish mottling and veining.Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. According to the Myers ledger acquired on 14 October 1977 in Amsterdam and in the collection for 49 years.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and inherent natural imperfections. Occasional minute nicks and faint surface scratches. Weight: 118.4 gDimensions: Height 6.3 cmAuspicious symbols and visual puns expressing good wishes are recurring themes in Chinese decorative art. A delightful example is this jade figure that depicts a small boy gently prodding his companion, a small recumbent sheep, while holding a lingzhi stem. The lingzhi has long been regarded as a spiritual herb or 'mushroom of immortality', and is therefore associated with good fortune, robust health, and longevity. Sheep, rams, and goats, likewise, have carried auspicious connotations since ancient times. The Chinese word for ram is yang 羊, a character historically linked to good fortune, as it appears as a radical in several other characters with positive meanings, including xiang 祥, which denotes 'auspicious' or 'favorable'. The elegant and attractive carving thus unveils a complex interplay of meaning, adding to its intellectual value interpreted by a scholar educated in the Confucian classics making this carving a highly suitable adornment for a scholar's desk.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams London, 15 May 2014, lot 171Price: GBP 18,750 or approx. EUR 34,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A very fine pale green jade carving of a boy and three rams (sanyang), Qing dynasty, 18th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related auspicious subject, manner of carving, and color of the stone. Note the slightly larger size (8.3 cm).

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