Lot Essay
In a celebrated section of the novel "The Dream of the Red Chamber", Lin Daiyu gathers up fallen blossoms in the garden and buries them, likening her sad fate to that of the flowers.
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A FINE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF LIN DAIYU
LATE QING DYNASTY
The standing figure depicting the romantic Lin Daiyu from the novel "The Dream of the Red Chamber", wearing billowing robes and trailing scarves, her serene face framed with hair pulled up and coiled into a high topknot set with flowers, holding a hoe with a basket of flowers to her side, the even stone of greyish-white tone
14 1/8in. (36.6cm.) high, box
LATE QING DYNASTY
The standing figure depicting the romantic Lin Daiyu from the novel "The Dream of the Red Chamber", wearing billowing robes and trailing scarves, her serene face framed with hair pulled up and coiled into a high topknot set with flowers, holding a hoe with a basket of flowers to her side, the even stone of greyish-white tone
14 1/8in. (36.6cm.) high, box
Provenance
The T. Y. Chao Family Collection, no. 188, sold in Hong Kong, 19 May 1987, lot 330