J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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ELEGANTLY MADE: Art for the Chinese Literati
March 13-27, 2020
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A LARGE JADE PEACH-FORM BOX AND COVER
17th - 18th Century
boldly carved in the shape of a single massive peach divided into two hollowed halves embellished all over in high relief with leafy branches which extend in thick parallel loops at one end to form a hinge joined by a large loose ring, and with a pair of bats amidst the foliage and two small peaches near the hinge, the jade of even pale green tone enlivened by touches of bright russet coloration widely scattered over the surface.
Length 10 inches (25.4 cm)
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1957
Collection of Dr. Peter H. Plesch (1918-2013), no. Hh26L
Christie’s London, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 3 November 2009, lot 167
J.J. Lally & Co., New York
The Franz Collection, Hong Kong, no. 1530
Exhibited
Works of Art from the Plesch Collections, Manchester City Art Gallery, 1964
Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Oriental Ceramic Society, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1975
Published
Rawson and Ayers, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1975, p. 109, no. 358
FranzArt: Jade, Hong Kong, 2010, no. 1530, pp. 262-263 and p. 316, no. 1530
A similar jade peach box and cover of smaller size carved from a single jade boulder and connected by interlocking branches, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is illustrated by Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, pp. 56-57, no. 58.
Compare also the smaller jade box and cover in the form of a bitter melon, carved from a single jade boulder and connected by a loose ring, illustrated in The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1964, pl. 127, no. 393.
十七 - 十八世紀 褐斑青玉福壽大盒 長 25.4 厘米
來源 倫敦 Spink & Son Ltd., 1957年
Dr. Peter H. Plesch (1918-2013) 舊藏，典藏編號 Hh26L
倫敦佳士得 2009 年 11 月 3 日，拍品第 167 號
紐約藍理捷中國文物
香港 The Franz Collection，典藏編號 1530
展覽 1964 年英國 Manchester City Art Gallery，展題 Works of Art
from the Plesch Collections
1975 年倫敦東方陶瓷學會主辦，維多利亞與亞伯特博物館展出，
展題 Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages
出版 Rawson 及 Ayers, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages，倫敦東方
陶瓷學會1975 年，第 109 頁， 358 號
FranzArt: Jade，香港 2010 年，262-263 頁，1530 號及 316 頁，
1530 號
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