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Past Exhibition

ELEGANTLY MADE: Art for the Chinese Literati

March 13-27, 2020

A BLACK AND WHITE JADE TWIN CICADAS PENDANT
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A BLACK AND WHITE JADE TWIN CICADAS PENDANT

Qianlong Period (1736-1795)

superbly carved from a single piece of jade, using the opaque black areas of the jade for two cicadas shown in high relief on opposite sides of a pea pod using the translucent white areas of the jade, all realistically rendered and finely detailed, with openwork leafy tendrils at one end making a natural loop for suspension.

Length 3 inches (7.6 cm)

Provenance
From the Collection of Victor Rienaecker (b. 1887), London
From the Collection of Desmond Gure (1906-1970), London
From the Collection of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987), New York
Christie’s New York, Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art including Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 14-15 September 2009, lot 115

Exhibited
Chinese Jade, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1948
The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1964

Published
Davis, Chinese Jade, Welwyn, Herts: privately published, 1935, pl. 18
‘Chinese Jades,’ Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1947-1948, London, 1948, no. 219 (not illustrated)
The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1964, pl. 130, no. 405

清乾隆 墨玉巧色雙蟬 長 7.6 厘米

來源 倫敦 Victor Rienaecker (b. 1887) 舊藏
   倫敦 Desmond Gure (1906-1970) 舊藏
   紐約 亞瑟 M. 賽克勒 (1913-1987) 舊藏
   紐約佳士得 2009 年 9 月 14-15 日,拍品第 115 號

展覽 1948 倫敦東方陶瓷學會,展題 Chinese Jade
   1964 倫敦東方陶瓷學會,展題 The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty

出版 Davis, Chinese Jade, Welwyn, Herts: 私人出版,1935,圖 18
   Chinese Jade,倫敦東方陶瓷學會 1948,圖 219
   The Arts of the Ch’ing Dynasty,倫敦 1964,圖 130,405 號

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21.
A BLACK AND WHITE JADE TWIN CICADAS PENDANT

Qianlong Period (1736-1795)

Length 3 inches (7.6 cm)

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