Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' PENDANT, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Auction Closed
September 22, 03:56 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 白玉鏤雕雙螭龍紋珮
finely carved in openwork in the form of a square pendant with a pierced aperture at the center, one side carved in relief with a large sinuous chilong clambering up the pendant to nuzzle a small shrew, the dragon's bifurcated tail interlocking that of a smaller chilong suspended from the lower edges, the reverse incised with scrolling clouds, the pure stone of an even white color
Height 2½ in., 6.2 cm
C.T. Loo, New York, 15th May 1946.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
來源
盧芹齋，紐約，1946年5月15日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
Finely carved with archaistic motifs and worked from translucent, bright white stone, this pendant is emblematic of Qianlong period workmanship. For related Qianlong period white jade pendants, see one with chilong similarly clambering on the sides, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30th November 2011, lot 3237; another, carved extensively in openwork, sold in our London rooms, 16th May 2012, lot 143; and for an example with low-relief chilong surrounding a central aperture, compare one sold in our Paris rooms, 18th December 2012, lot 101.
此珮玉料尤佳，造型仿古，雕工精卓，屬於典型乾隆時期工藝風格。參考一相類乾隆白玉例，雕相類螭龍紋，售於香港佳士得2011年11月30日，編號3237；另見一例，售於倫敦蘇富比2012年5月16日，編號143；再見一例，售於巴黎蘇富比2012年12月18日，編號101。