CHINA QUING DYNASTY 1910'S NEPHRITE JADE WITH RABBITS & NATURAL MOTTIFS

ORGANIC CARVING IN NEPHRITE JADE FROM THE QING DYNASTY (1644-1911).

A THREE DIMENSIONAL DELICATE ANTIQUE SCULPTURE, FROM THE CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911) PERIOD, MADE IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY Circa 1910.

IS CARVED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF SEMI TRANSLUCENT NATURAL NEPHRITE GREEN JADE. THIS PIECE EXHIBITS VERY COMPLICATED REALISTIC DETAILS AND THE WORK ON THE SIZE IS OUTSTANDING, THE ARTIST TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE VARIOUS SHADES OF JADE TO HIGHLIGHT THE CHARACTERS SUCH AS THE CASE OF THE CRICKET AND THE WORM. 

DEPICTS THE FIGURES OF TWO RABBITS, A CRICKET AND A WORM, ALL AROUND TOGUETER EATING A VEGETAGLE.

THIS LITTLE SCULPTURE, HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 116.6 Grams (583 CARATS) AND A MEASURES OF 82.55 mm BY 56.6 mm BY 19.81 mm (3.25 x 2.23 x 0.78 Inches).

THIS PIECE OF ART, IS IN PERFECT CONDITION AND LUSTROUS.

PROVENANCE: T.K. ASIAN ANTIQUITIES GALLERY, WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA; PURCHASED BY JAMES & NANCY MARKELL; BY DESCENT TO LAUREN MARKLAND; ACQUIRED IN MARCH 7, 2020. PRIVATE COLLECTION IN NEW YORK CITY, A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN PALM BEACH FL.

LITERATURE: CHINESE JADE FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN & SIMONE HARTMAN, ROBERT KLEINER, PRESSROOMHONG, KONG 1996, Pp-63. JADE, CH'ING DYNASTU TREASURES, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISORY, EXHIBITION AT TAIWAN, SEVERAL AUTHORS, 1998 Pp-124-125. Figures 61 and 62 FOR SIMILAR EXAMPLES.

INVENTORY REF: D0000ATIH/.1111