A MOTTLED EMERALD-GREEN AND GREENISH-WHITE JADEITE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL

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A MOTTLED EMERALD-GREEN AND GREENISH-WHITE JADEITE FIGURE OF A FEMALE IMMORTAL
The slender figure is shown wearing belted robes over loose pants that cover her feet, and holding a fan in the left hand while vapor supporting two birds issues from the right hand. Her hair is worn in double topknots and knotted tresses that trail down each shoulder. The greenish-white stone is suffused with emerald-green and some dark green inclusions.
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, wood stand

Provenance

Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 31 March 1967, lot 296.

Special notice

Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar slender, mottled jadeite figure of the Daoist Immortal Lu Dongbin, of comparable height (33.5 cm.), illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, Jade: Ch'ing Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of History, Taiwan, 1997, p. 209, no. 139. The jadeite used for the two figures appears to be quite similar, as is the style of carving.

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