CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE

Details

GROUPE DE 'PIES ET PRUNUS' EN JADE CELADON PALE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME-XIXEME SIECLE
The pair of magpies are carved recumbent side by side perched on prunus branches, holding a flowering prunus branch between them in their beaks. The stone is of an even tone with minor milky inclusions.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) long, wood stand

Provenance

Acquired by the great-grandparents of the present owner in the late 19th century.

Further details

A PALE CELADON JADE 'MAGPIES AND PRUNUS' GROUP
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

Magpies perched on a branch of flowering prunus symbolize a joyful event, for the combination of 'magpie', xi, and 'prunus', mei, constitutes a rebus that can be literally translated as 'happiness up to the tips of one's eyebrows'.

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