Property from the De An Tang Collection 德安堂藏玉
A white jade 'elephant and boys' group Qing dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 白玉太平有象擺件
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Property from the De An Tang Collection
A white jade 'elephant and boys' group
Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
德安堂藏玉
清乾隆 白玉太平有象擺件
carved as an elephant standing foursquare with its head turned towards its right, caparisoned with a long tasselled saddle rug decorated with bats flying amidst clouds above crested waves and rockwork, set with a man and a foreigner kneeling atop the elephant supporting a hollow baluster treasure vase (baoping), the foreign with a brush in his hand,🍰 and the o𒈔ther holding the vessel by a ribbon, the stone of a milky-white tone with minor dark inclusions
17.8 cm
Sotheby's London, 5th December 1995, lot 101.
倫敦蘇富比1995年12月5日，編號101
A Romance with Jade: From the De An Tang Collection, Yongshougong, Palace♓ Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 87.
《玉緣：德安堂藏玉》，永壽宮，故宮博物院，北京，2004年，編號87
A similar example is illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 6, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 270; and another, but carved with one boy instead of two, was included in the 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, S. Marchant & Son, London, cat. no. 82. See also a closely related example sold in these rooms, 8th April 2014, lot 3064.