A FINE EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE POMANDER

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A FINE EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE POMANDER
QING DYNASTY, FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

Comprising two sections, intricately carved and pierced on one side with two boys descending the staircase of a pavilion, and on the other, with a scholar in a bamboo grove, the translucent stone of brilliant emerald-green tones with areas of darker inclusions
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) long

Provenance

Roland Hartman, Palm Springs, California, circa 1980
Christie's New York, 28 June 1984, lot 31

Literature

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 166

Exhibited

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

Lot Essay

The two sides of the pomander would have been filled with scented herbs or perfume, and closed shut with a ribbon on each end. This would then have been worn on the person, with the fragrance permeating through the gaps of the openwork carving.

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