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 WHITE JADE CARVING OF AN APSARA, QING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
清代或更早白玉雕飛天女神
Sold for €3,034
including Buyer's Premium
China, 18th-19th century or earlier. Carved and pierced with the angelic figure floating elegantly in the wind whilst wearing long flowing robes, celestial scarf, and headdress, her hands clasped together grasping a tablet, all above lingzhi-shaped swirling clouds. The translucent stone is of an even white tone.
Provenance: From a private collector in England who has been collecting Chinese jades for over 20 years.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and few minuscule nicks.
Weight: 116 g
Dimensions: Length 9 cm, Height 6.5 cm
Apsaras are often depicted as flying figures in the mural paintings and sculptures of Buddhist cave sites in China such as in the Mogao and Yulin Caves, and the Yungang and Longmen Grottoes, and may also be depicted as dancers or musicians. They are referred to as feitian in Chinese. A female spirit of the clouds in Buddhist mythology, apsaras were beautiful heavenly attendants to deities. The billowing clouds and flowing scarf of this figure attest to her celestial nature and endow this carving with a femininity and gracefulness befitting her role.
Literature comparison: Three jade asparas in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated to the Tang dynasty, are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum. Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, cat. nos. 17-19. For a Northern Song example, see Forsyth and McElney, Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, p. 314, no. 223.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related white jade carving of an apsara, 8.5 cm long, dated Ming dynasty or earlier, at Christie’s London in The C. Philip Cardeiro Collection of Chinese Art on 13 May 2014, lot 17, sold for GBP 37,500.
清代或更早白玉雕飛天女神
中國，十八至十九世紀或更早。鏤雕飛天身姿飄逸，身著長袍，頭戴飄揚飛巾，雙手捧著一個盤子，飛在如意祥雲之上。 半透明白玉色澤均勻，細膩晶瑩。
來源：英國私人收藏，此收藏家有收藏玉石經驗超過20年。
品相：狀況極好，少量磨損與細小刻痕。
重量：116克
尺寸：長9厘米，高6.5厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件白玉雕飛天女神，長8.5 厘米，明代或更早，見倫敦佳士得 The C. Philip Cardeiro Collection of Chinese Art 2014年5月13日 lot 17, 售價GBP 37,500。
China, 18th-19th century or earlier. Carved and pierced with the angelic figure floating elegantly in the wind whilst wearing long flowing robes, celestial scarf, and headdress, her hands clasped together grasping a tablet, all above lingzhi-shaped swirling clouds. The translucent stone is of an even white tone.
Provenance: From a private collector in England who has been collecting Chinese jades for over 20 years.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and few minuscule nicks.
Weight: 116 g
Dimensions: Length 9 cm, Height 6.5 cm
Apsaras are often depicted as flying figures in the mural paintings and sculptures of Buddhist cave sites in China such as in the Mogao and Yulin Caves, and the Yungang and Longmen Grottoes, and may also be depicted as dancers or musicians. They are referred to as feitian in Chinese. A female spirit of the clouds in Buddhist mythology, apsaras were beautiful heavenly attendants to deities. The billowing clouds and flowing scarf of this figure attest to her celestial nature and endow this carving with a femininity and gracefulness befitting her role.
Literature comparison: Three jade asparas in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated to the Tang dynasty, are illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum. Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, cat. nos. 17-19. For a Northern Song example, see Forsyth and McElney, Jades from China, The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, p. 314, no. 223.
Auction result comparison: Compare a related white jade carving of an apsara, 8.5 cm long, dated Ming dynasty or earlier, at Christie’s London in The C. Philip Cardeiro Collection of Chinese Art on 13 May 2014, lot 17, sold for GBP 37,500.
清代或更早白玉雕飛天女神
中國，十八至十九世紀或更早。鏤雕飛天身姿飄逸，身著長袍，頭戴飄揚飛巾，雙手捧著一個盤子，飛在如意祥雲之上。 半透明白玉色澤均勻，細膩晶瑩。
來源：英國私人收藏，此收藏家有收藏玉石經驗超過20年。
品相：狀況極好，少量磨損與細小刻痕。
重量：116克
尺寸：長9厘米，高6.5厘米
拍賣結果比較：比較一件白玉雕飛天女神，長8.5 厘米，明代或更早，見倫敦佳士得 The C. Philip Cardeiro Collection of Chinese Art 2014年5月13日 lot 17, 售價GBP 37,500。
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