Live Auction 2726Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF THREE GEESE
Lot 1705THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF THREE GEESE

18TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2013

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF THREE GEESE
18TH CENTURY
The three geese are shown swimming atop froth-capped waves, as the pair of adults grasps a stalk of millet in their beaks between them, and their gosling swims alongside. The stone is semi-translucent and of pale greenish-white color.
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) wide

Specialist note

A very similar carving of three geese, of approximately the same size, described as a brushholder (brush rest), from the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, is illustrated in The Life of Emperor Qianlong, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, 2002, p. 220, no. 63.25. The details of the feathers and the millet, and the composition of the three birds relate very closely to the present carving.