Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
The Victor Shaw Collection of Chinese Jades | 邵維錫藏中國玉雕
Auction Closed
October 9, 10:57 AM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
The Victor Shaw Collection of Chinese Jades
A white and russet jade 'cat' group,
Qing dynasty, 18th century
邵維錫藏中國玉雕
清十八世紀 白玉雙獾
8.3 cm
A similar pale celadon jade carving of two cats, 18th century, from the Edward T. Chow Collection, later sold in these rooms, 27th May 2014, lot 88. A similar group is illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, London, 2013, pl. 97; another is illustrated in Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 97.
雙貓的題材化自雙獾,雙獾又諧音「雙歡」,有情深意濃之意。仇焱之舊藏一件白玉雙貓擺件,造型類似,售於香港蘇富比,2014年5月27日,拍品編號88。另見一例白玉雙貓,著錄於《伍夫收藏中國玉器》,倫敦,2013年,編號97;另見楊門收藏一例,《楊門藏玉:中國玉器.新石器時代至清代》,芝加哥,2008年,編號97。