Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
superbly carved from a single piece of jade, using the opaque black areas of the jade for two cicadas shown in high relief on opposite sides of a pea pod using the translucent white areas of the jade, all realistically rendered and finely detailed, with openwork leafy tendrils at one end making a natural loop for suspension.
Length 3 inches (7.6 cm)
Provenance
From the Collection of Victor Rienaecker (b. 1887), London
From the Collection of Desmond Gure (1906-1970), London
From the Collection of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York
Christie’s New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 14-15 September 2009, lot 115
Exhibited
Chinese Jade, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948
The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1964
Published
Davis, Chinese Jade, Welwyn, Herts: privately published, 1935, pl. 18
‘Chinese Jades,’ Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1947-1948, London, 1948, no. 219 (not illustrated)
The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1964, pl. 130, no. 405
清乾隆 墨玉巧色雙蟬 長 7.6 厘米
來源 倫敦 Victor Rienaecker (b. 1887) 舊藏
倫敦 Desmond Gure (1906-1970) 舊藏
紐約 亞瑟 M. 賽克勒 (1913-1987) 舊藏
紐約佳士得 2009 年 9 月 14-15 日,拍品第 115 號
展覽 1948 倫敦東方陶瓷學會,展題 Chinese Jade
1964 倫敦東方陶瓷學會,展題 The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty
出版 Davis, Chinese Jade, Welwyn, Herts: 私人出版,1935,圖 18
Chinese Jade,倫敦東方陶瓷學會 1948,圖 219
The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty,倫敦 1964,圖 130,405 號
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Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Length 3 inches (7.6 cm)