PRINTDongfang Shuo was a courtier from the court of Han Wudi (140-87 BCE), he is considered an immortal who can grant longevity, the immortal is often depicted as an elderly man in scholar’s clothing, holding a peach, the fruit of longevity. Compare with a bowl in the Collection of the Asian art museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Later Chinese Jades – Ming dynasty to early twentieth century, San Francisco, pl.324, p.290.
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A JADEITE FIGURE OF DONGFANG SHUO
QING DYNASTY |
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The standing deity dressed in a loose robe falling in neat folds, finely incised with a shou medallion on the shoulders and a foliate brocade rim ending in pointy ends, one hand hidden under the folded long sleeve, the other grasping onto a succulent peach, the stone of a vibrant green with minute yellowish and cloudy white inclusions. |
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Estimate
600,000 - 960,000 2,344,000 - 3,750,000 77,300 - 123,700
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Dongfang Shuo was a courtier from the court of Han Wudi (140-87 BCE), he is considered an immortal who can grant longevity, the immortal is often depicted as an elderly man in scholar’s clothing, holding a peach, the fruit of longevity. Compare with a bowl in the Collection of the Asian art museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Later Chinese Jades – Ming dynasty to early twentieth century, San Francisco, pl.324, p.290.