A SMALL WHITE JADE RABBIT GROUP

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A SMALL WHITE JADE RABBIT GROUP
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The pair of rabbits finely carved lying head to toe on top of an artemesia leaf, each biting a spray of lingzhi fungus, the stone of an even white tone
2 in. (5 cm.) long

Literature

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 183

Exhibited

Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

Lot Essay

This finely carved piece is perfectly suited as a handling piece, as it is of a small size and the jade is imbued with great tactile quality. Paired animals, such as the present lot, represent a happy marriage.

An identical pale green jade carving of a pair of rabbits was exhibited by Bluett & Sons Ltd., Dr. Newton's Zoo, London, 1981, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 97.

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