A WHITE JADE 'PEACH' COUPE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

the small vessel carved in the form of a slightly compressed peach, the pointed tip of the fruit depicted to the side, an incised line representing a fold in the skin trails from the point down to the base, the other side of the exterior carved in high-relief with a branch growing laterally to hug its fruit, one section with two open-winged bats among blossoms, this feature cleverly enhanced by the beige inclusions, remaining sections of the branch issuing large pointed leaves, the small circular opening to the hollow interior with a semi-circular tip echoing the point of the fruit and forming the spout, the pale stone with scattered white and russet inclusions

The Personal collects ion of Alan and Simone Hartman.
Christie's Hong Kong, 27th November 2007, lot 1529.
S. Marchant & Son, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, December 2007.

Chinese Jades from the Hartman collects ion, Museum of Replica Handbags s, Boston, August 2003 to December 2004.

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the collects ion of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 107, p. 128.

The washer is in very good condition overall.
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The peach (shoutao) is the fruit of immortality, and the bat (fu) is a pun for blessings; together they represent a wish to possess both blessings and immortality.

This design was popular during the Qianlong period, and several similar examples have been sold, including one in our London rooms, 10th June 1997, lot 215; and a larger one in these rooms, 18th May 1988, lot 543. Another larger coupe, attributed to the Kangxi period, was sold in our London rooms, 8th June 1982. A variation on this motif can be found on one sold at Christie's New York, 3rd June 1988, lot 115, which features three cranes instead of bats.