A SUPERB WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'BUTTERFLY AND ASTER' PENDANT, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
September 22, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A SUPERB WHITE A൲ND RUSSET JADE 'BUTTERFLY AND ASTER' PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 白玉雕紫苑花蝶圖珮
elegantly worked from a fin🍌e pebble, one side carved in low relief with a butterfly hovering above two aster sprays, pierced to the top with a 'bull's nose' aperture for suspension, the lustrously polished stone of an even tone wꦇith russet skin to the reverse
Height 1⅞ in., 5 cm
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
The motif of a butterfly flying amongst flowers symbolizes love, joy, and prosperity. Compare a white jade pebble-form pendant, attributed to the 18th century and carved in low relief with a butterfly opposite a prunus flower, sold at Christie's London, 15th May 2015, lot 741. See also a Qianlong period grayish-white jade pebble similarly carved in low relief with prunus and inscribed, illustrated in Jades from China, Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, catဣ. no. 347.
蝴蝶輕舞，百花芬芳，花蝶象徵著愛戀、🥃喜悅以及繁榮。比較一清十八世紀白玉珮，淺浮雕蝴蝶及梅花，售於倫敦佳士得2015年5月15🍰日，編號741。另見一灰白玉把件，斷代乾隆，雕梅花及詩文，載《Jades from China》，東亞藝術博物館，巴斯，1994年，編號347。