11th Mar, 2022 10:00
DAY 2 - TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism
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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘BEETLE AND LOTUS’ WASHER, QING DYNASTY
清代碧玉連年富甲筆洗
Sold for €1,896
including Buyer's Premium
China, 18th – 19th century. Finely worked as a lotus leaf with inward-curved edges, raised circles and a ruyi design, carved around the rim in openwork with a gnarled leafy stalk bearing a lingzhi sprig and surmounted by a beetle. The translucent, almost transparent stone is of a beautiful spinach-green tone with dark-green and black specks as well as few white and russet inclusions.
Provenance: The Victor Ezekiel Collection, acquired before 1970. Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927) and his son Victor (1905-1976) were two leading figures in the formative years of Chinese art collecting in London in the first part of the 20th century, and important early members of the Oriental Ceramic Society.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into minuscule hairline cracks over time. Good, unctuous feel overall.
Weight: 53.3 g
Dimensions: Length 9.3 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare a related spinach-green washer carved as a lotus leaf, dated to the 18th century, at Sotheby’s London in Asian Art on 17 May 2019, lot 203, sold for GBP 11,000. Compare also a spinach-green jade snuff bottle, also carved as a lotus leaf surmounted by a beetle, dated 1780-1880, at Christie’s New York in The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles on 21 March 2002, lot 246, sold for USD 11,163.
清代碧玉連年富甲筆洗
中國，十八至十九世紀。精美的荷葉，邊緣向內彎曲，如蓮子紋和如意圖案，邊緣鏤空雕刻，帶有多節的枝幹，靈芝小枝，小甲殼蟲攀爬其上。玉料半透明、幾乎透明的寶石呈美麗的菠菜綠色調，帶有深綠色和黑色斑點，以及少量白色和赤褐色內沁。
來源：Victor Ezekiel收藏，購於1970年前。Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927) 和他的兒子 Victor Ezekiel (1905-1976) 曾是20世紀上半葉倫敦的中國藝術收藏形成及穩定時期的兩位領軍人物，同時也是東方陶瓷學會早期重要成員。
品相：狀況極佳，輕微磨損，玉料具有天然裂縫，隨著時間的推移，其中一些可能已經發展成微小的裂縫。整體感覺光滑油潤。
重量：53.3 克
尺寸：長 9.3 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件十八世紀菠菜綠蓮葉筆洗，見倫敦蘇富比Asian Art 2019年5月17日 lot 203, 售價GBP 11,000；比較一件1780-1880年菠菜綠玉雕蓮葉甲蟲鼻烟壺，見紐約佳士得The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles 2002年3月21日 lot 246, 售價USD 11,163。
China, 18th – 19th century. Finely worked as a lotus leaf with inward-curved edges, raised circles and a ruyi design, carved around the rim in openwork with a gnarled leafy stalk bearing a lingzhi sprig and surmounted by a beetle. The translucent, almost transparent stone is of a beautiful spinach-green tone with dark-green and black specks as well as few white and russet inclusions.
Provenance: The Victor Ezekiel Collection, acquired before 1970. Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927) and his son Victor (1905-1976) were two leading figures in the formative years of Chinese art collecting in London in the first part of the 20th century, and important early members of the Oriental Ceramic Society.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear, the stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into minuscule hairline cracks over time. Good, unctuous feel overall.
Weight: 53.3 g
Dimensions: Length 9.3 cm
Auction result comparison: Compare a related spinach-green washer carved as a lotus leaf, dated to the 18th century, at Sotheby’s London in Asian Art on 17 May 2019, lot 203, sold for GBP 11,000. Compare also a spinach-green jade snuff bottle, also carved as a lotus leaf surmounted by a beetle, dated 1780-1880, at Christie’s New York in The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles on 21 March 2002, lot 246, sold for USD 11,163.
清代碧玉連年富甲筆洗
中國，十八至十九世紀。精美的荷葉，邊緣向內彎曲，如蓮子紋和如意圖案，邊緣鏤空雕刻，帶有多節的枝幹，靈芝小枝，小甲殼蟲攀爬其上。玉料半透明、幾乎透明的寶石呈美麗的菠菜綠色調，帶有深綠色和黑色斑點，以及少量白色和赤褐色內沁。
來源：Victor Ezekiel收藏，購於1970年前。Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927) 和他的兒子 Victor Ezekiel (1905-1976) 曾是20世紀上半葉倫敦的中國藝術收藏形成及穩定時期的兩位領軍人物，同時也是東方陶瓷學會早期重要成員。
品相：狀況極佳，輕微磨損，玉料具有天然裂縫，隨著時間的推移，其中一些可能已經發展成微小的裂縫。整體感覺光滑油潤。
重量：53.3 克
尺寸：長 9.3 厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件十八世紀菠菜綠蓮葉筆洗，見倫敦蘇富比Asian Art 2019年5月17日 lot 203, 售價GBP 11,000；比較一件1780-1880年菠菜綠玉雕蓮葉甲蟲鼻烟壺，見紐約佳士得The Blanche B. Exstein Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles 2002年3月21日 lot 246, 售價USD 11,163。
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