Lot Essay
The combined motifs of the peach, shou and cat-fish, nian, form the ausppicious rebus, fushou nian nian, 'fortune and longevity year after year.
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A SMALL CELADON JADE 'PEACH AND CAT-FISH' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Well carved with a ripe peach rising from crested waves with a pair of cat-fish leaping on either side, the waves on the underside carved in a spiral pattern, the stone of a semi-translucent celadon tone with a few opaque inclusions
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Well carved with a ripe peach rising from crested waves with a pair of cat-fish leaping on either side, the waves on the underside carved in a spiral pattern, the stone of a semi-translucent celadon tone with a few opaque inclusions
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) long
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 207
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004