Lot
Number
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J000029 |
| Lot
Title |
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Jade Carving of "Promoting All the Way" Plate |
| Date
of Origin |
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Late Qing Dynasty |
| Country
of Origin |
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China |
| Material
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Jade |
| Measurements |
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Length: 6.3 cm Width: 4.3 cm |
| Lot
Quantity |
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1 |
| Estimate |
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| Description:
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Bought this jade from a private collector in Hong Kong. The jade material is not the best, but with natual green, great meaning of implication, and cost reasonable. It carved with an egret and lotus root all the way to lotus leaf and flower. In Chinese, this means Promoting all the way and Wealth all the way. Very good sign and gift. |
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| Condition
and Additional Specification: |
Condition: Some nature pitting to jade
鷺鷥又名白鷺，在古詩和吉祥畫中常出現，為文人所喜。蘆葦生長時連棵成片，取其“連科”。又“蓮”與“連”諧，也示“連科”。舊時科舉考試，稱連續考中為“連科”。以“一路連科”頌祝仕途順利，一帆風順。
喜得連科。與一路連科所表達的內容近似，只是白鷺被替換為喜鵲。喜鵲代表吉祥，連與蓮.顆與科皆同音同聲。科舉是古代設科取士進入仕途的方式。
宋• 蘇轍《梁燾轉朝奉大夫》：“因材任人，國之大柄；考績進秩，吏之常法。”“學而優則仕”，科舉考試是通向官場的階梯。
以喜鵲示“喜”，以蘆葦連棵而喻“連科”。預示仕途光明，前程似錦。
一路榮華。一隻鷺鷥表示“一路”，芙蓉花表示“榮華”。王安石《拒霜花》詩贊芙蓉花：“群芳落盡獨自芳。”芙蓉花是榮華勃發的象徵，與牡丹合為“榮華富貴”。“一路榮華”與“一路連科”意近，喻示一生享榮華富貴。 |
