FOUR PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FLOWER-FORM APPLIQUES

A SELECTION OF FINE JADE CARVINGS FROM THE LIZZADRO COLLECTION The Lizzadro Collection is a rare assemblage of fine jade and other hardstone carvings amassed by Joseph Lizzadro (1898-1972), an Italian by birth who emigrated with his family to the United States in the early 1900s. In 1916 Joseph joined Meade Electric Company which operated a retail appliance store and converted gas lighting to electricity. He joined as a laborer but was promoted rapidly. In 1929, he was appointed Chairman of the Board, a post he held until his death. In 1932 Joseph married Mary Sandretto (1910-2001) and the couple had six children. Joseph developed a fascination with stones and began collecting, cutting and polishing them to make jewelry for friends and family. He acquired his first Chinese jade carving, a small hanging vase, in the late 1930s with the intention of cutting it into pieces for jewelry; his admiration for the skill of the carver, however, prevented him from doing so. Thus began a lifelong passion for Chinese jade and hardstone carvings. In Joseph's own words, his desire to "share with others our enjoyment of the eternal beauty of gemstones and our appreciation of art with which man has complemented the work of nature" inspired him to establish a museum in 1962 in Wilder Park, Elmhurst, Illinois. Celebrating the art of the lapidary , The Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art now houses several hundred pieces of jade and other hardstone carvings. The museum continues under the discerning eye of his son, John Lizzadro, Sr.

元/明青白玉花牌四件

YUAN/MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

細節

元/明青白玉花牌四件

來源

Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

登入

瀏覽狀況報告

拍品專文

These jade flower appliques are stylistically similar to other published examples that have also been dated Yuan to Ming: see James C.Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, nos. 164-174; Exquisite Jade Carving, The University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 216-17; and Chan Lai Pik, Chinese Jades: The Dr. S.Y. Kwan Collection, Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012, nos. 232-68.

YUAN/MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)

拍品專文

更多來自 中國瓷器及工藝精品

更多來自中國瓷器及工藝精品