Lot Essay
The imagery of the design is highly auspicious as the peach is traditionally symbolic of immortality, while the bats represent good fortune.
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A WHITE JADE PEACH-SHAPED WATER COUPE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The pebble is finely carved in the form of a gently compressed peach with a mouth rim of conforming shape, opening to a well hollowed interior forming the receptacle, the exterior finely carved in high relief with a pair of bats, both in flight above a tree branch, growing prunus flowers and slender leaves, the semi-translucent white stone with areas of natural beige inclusion, worked to highlight the overall design
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide, stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The pebble is finely carved in the form of a gently compressed peach with a mouth rim of conforming shape, opening to a well hollowed interior forming the receptacle, the exterior finely carved in high relief with a pair of bats, both in flight above a tree branch, growing prunus flowers and slender leaves, the semi-translucent white stone with areas of natural beige inclusion, worked to highlight the overall design
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide, stand
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.107
Exhibited
Christie's New York, March 13-26, 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004