ID 1007288
Lot 825 | A SUPERB WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO MONKEYS
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
18TH CENTURY
The carving depicts a seated monkey holding a peach, with its young clambering on its back and holding a bat. The white stone is of even tone.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong.
Anthony Carter, London, 5 January 2007.
The LJZ Collection, United States.
Literature
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 180-81, no. 172.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 195.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 86-87, no. 37.
Exhibited
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, 19 April-14 July 1996.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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