California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 September 10, 2022 9:30AM PDT  September 10, 2022 9:30AM PDT

 Lot # 6049 
A PAIR OF CHINESE NATURAL JADEITE MAGU FIGURES    清末 天然翡翠雕麻姑立像一對 帶原盒


  • Dimension: Height: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm) Width: 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm)
  • Estimate From: $5000
  • Estimate To: $8000

Chinese. Each figure is well modelled with a gentle sway to one side, the facial features finely rendered, hair is swept up in as topknot. She is shown wearing voluminous robes falling in undulating folds and holding a leafy pomegranate sprigs on her hands, this 'water' jadeite is of a greenish white with high translucency. Late Qing Dynasty period.


翡翠在清代盛行,清代大學者紀昀在《閲微草堂筆記》卷十六中載有:翡翠玉,今則以為珍玩。事實上,清代大內,則時常有收錄大臣所進貢的翡翠製作擺件等。拍品翡翠製成,種 水皆佳,質地優良,質勝美玉,整體色澤濃淡相宜,雕琢處理精美,令整體呈現縱深的立體 感。仕女面容端莊清麗,目光低垂柔和,體態輕盈,氣質雍容華貴,舉止間透出女性的恬靜 文雅之美,衣紋自然生動,身形窈窕柔美。整器取材優良,雕刻手法精湛,比例優美,注重 姿態表情以及服裝飾品的細節刻畫,線條婉轉流暢,與沉穩凝重、青翠溫潤的翡翠玉色相互映襯,可謂恰到好處,成對保存完好,配有木座及原裝盒 來源: 佛羅里達州棕櫚灘私人收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Palm Beach, Florida