A WHITE JADE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CARNELIAN AGATE BACK MASSAGER

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A WHITE JADE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CARNELIAN AGATE BACK MASSAGER
QIANLONG PERIOD (17361-1795)

Composed of a semi-translucent white jade handle carved with lobed stylised lotus buds and petals divided by beaded collars, the terminal carved and pierced as a lingzhi spray, the head of the massager fitted with a gilt-metal fork aligned with five revolving bud-shaped beads made of jade, lapis lazuli and carnelian agate
10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) long

Provenance

Christie's London, 10 December 1990, lot 217

Literature

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 159

Exhibited

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

Further details

END OF SALE

Lot Essay

For other examples of back massagers, see Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 192; and Qingdai gongting shenghuo, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 294, for three massagers made of different material.

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