29th Jun, 2022 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Asian Art Discoveries - Moving Sale!

 
  Lot 216
 

216

A RETICULATED CELADON JADE ‘PHEASANT’ PLAQUE, MING DYNASTY
明代青玉鏤空雕穿花雉鷄飾

Sold for €758

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Lot details

China, 1368-1644. The plaque of oval form, deftly carved in openwork with a long-tailed pheasant perched on a gnarled branch and surrounded by scrolling leaves with a single blossom near the edge. The stone of pale celadon tone with russet and cloudy white inclusions.

Provenance: From an old private collection near Boston, USA, and thence by descent in the same family.
Condition: The plaque overall in very good condition, some wear, few minuscule nicks and tiny losses, some minor cracks inherent to the stone, remnants of adhesive. The stand with minor wear, light scratches, and small nicks here and there.

Weight: 160.6 g
Dimensions: Size 9 x 8 x 0.8 cm (the jade), Size 9.6 x 8.5 cm (the frame)

The plaque is mounted in a gilt copper alloy frame with an integrated stand at the back, showing a neatly incised foliate design to the back, executed in scrolling openwork. The mounting dates from the late Qing dynasty to the earlier Republic period.

Literature comparison: A plaque similarly carved in openwork, but with a five-clawed dragon, in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, is illustrated in James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, plate 51. Another plaque was included in the Min Chiu Society's 45th anniversary exhibition Auspicious Emblems. Chinese Cultural Treasures, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2005, catalog no. 3.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related pale celadon reticulated jade plaque, also dated to the Ming dynasty, but carved with a dragon, at Sotheby’s London in Menagerie, An English Private Collection of Chinese Animal Carvings, on 10 May 2017, lot 52, sold for GBP 22,500. Compare also a related celadon jade openwork plaque, also dated to the Ming dynasty, but with a flying goose and set into a gilt metal box, at Bonhams New York, in Chinese Works of Art and Paintings, on 15 March 2021, lot 21, sold for USD 15,300.

明代青玉鏤空雕穿花雉鷄飾
中國,1368-1644年。橢圓形青玉鏤空雕刻,長尾雉鷄棲息在樹枝上,周圍多層滿雕花葉紋,邊緣附近有一朵花。 淡青玉石料,帶有赤褐色斑和白色絮狀物。


來源:
美國波斯頓附近私人老收藏,保存在同一家族至今
品相:整體狀況極好,有些磨損,有些微的劃痕和缺損,玉石固有的一些小裂縫,粘合劑的余留物。支架有輕微磨損、輕微劃痕和小刻痕。

重量:160.6 克
尺寸:9 x 8 x 0.8 厘米 (玉), 9.6 x 8.5 厘米 (含框)

拍賣結果比較:一件青白玉玉飾, 同樣明代,但爲穿花龍紋,見倫敦蘇富比 Menagerie, An English Private Collection of Chinese Animal Carvings, 2017年5月10日 lot 52, 售價GBP 22,500. 另一件青玉鏤空雕刻玉飾,同樣為明代,但是飛鵝紋,金屬盒,見紐約邦翰思, Chinese Works of Art and Paintings 2021年3月15日 lot 21, 售價USD 15,300.

 

China, 1368-1644. The plaque of oval form, deftly carved in openwork with a long-tailed pheasant perched on a gnarled branch and surrounded by scrolling leaves with a single blossom near the edge. The stone of pale celadon tone with russet and cloudy white inclusions.

Provenance: From an old private collection near Boston, USA, and thence by descent in the same family.
Condition: The plaque overall in very good condition, some wear, few minuscule nicks and tiny losses, some minor cracks inherent to the stone, remnants of adhesive. The stand with minor wear, light scratches, and small nicks here and there.

Weight: 160.6 g
Dimensions: Size 9 x 8 x 0.8 cm (the jade), Size 9.6 x 8.5 cm (the frame)

The plaque is mounted in a gilt copper alloy frame with an integrated stand at the back, showing a neatly incised foliate design to the back, executed in scrolling openwork. The mounting dates from the late Qing dynasty to the earlier Republic period.

Literature comparison: A plaque similarly carved in openwork, but with a five-clawed dragon, in the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, is illustrated in James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, plate 51. Another plaque was included in the Min Chiu Society's 45th anniversary exhibition Auspicious Emblems. Chinese Cultural Treasures, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 2005, catalog no. 3.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related pale celadon reticulated jade plaque, also dated to the Ming dynasty, but carved with a dragon, at Sotheby’s London in Menagerie, An English Private Collection of Chinese Animal Carvings, on 10 May 2017, lot 52, sold for GBP 22,500. Compare also a related celadon jade openwork plaque, also dated to the Ming dynasty, but with a flying goose and set into a gilt metal box, at Bonhams New York, in Chinese Works of Art and Paintings, on 15 March 2021, lot 21, sold for USD 15,300.

明代青玉鏤空雕穿花雉鷄飾
中國,1368-1644年。橢圓形青玉鏤空雕刻,長尾雉鷄棲息在樹枝上,周圍多層滿雕花葉紋,邊緣附近有一朵花。 淡青玉石料,帶有赤褐色斑和白色絮狀物。


來源:
美國波斯頓附近私人老收藏,保存在同一家族至今
品相:整體狀況極好,有些磨損,有些微的劃痕和缺損,玉石固有的一些小裂縫,粘合劑的余留物。支架有輕微磨損、輕微劃痕和小刻痕。

重量:160.6 克
尺寸:9 x 8 x 0.8 厘米 (玉), 9.6 x 8.5 厘米 (含框)

拍賣結果比較:一件青白玉玉飾, 同樣明代,但爲穿花龍紋,見倫敦蘇富比 Menagerie, An English Private Collection of Chinese Animal Carvings, 2017年5月10日 lot 52, 售價GBP 22,500. 另一件青玉鏤空雕刻玉飾,同樣為明代,但是飛鵝紋,金屬盒,見紐約邦翰思, Chinese Works of Art and Paintings 2021年3月15日 lot 21, 售價USD 15,300.

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