A fine white jade 'double cat' group


Mid Qing DynastyDeftly carved in openwork as two recumbent cats coiled around to face each other as 'kissing' cats, their legs and tails playfully intertwined, the smoothly polished stone of an even white tone, wood stand. 5.6cm (2 1/4in) wide (2).
|清中期 青玉雕雙貓擺件Provenance: A Hudson Valley private collection, purchased in New York circa 1980Christie's New York, 23 March 2012, lot 1875Marchant, LondonExhibited, Published and Illustrated:Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition: Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, no.55來源：美國哈德遜河谷私人舊藏，1980年購於紐約紐約佳士得，2012年3月22日，拍品編號1875倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄：Marchant，《玉器九十，90週年特展》，倫敦，2015年，編號55A similar group is illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, London, 2013, p.228, no.97; another is illustrated by R.P.Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, p.96, no.97; see also a similar jade group of two cats 'kissing' from the Edward T. Chow collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 88.白玉質，質地清潤，圓雕雙貓對吻相連，四肢相交，親暱情濃，貓鬚髮陰刻，雙目浮雕，傳神細膩。雙貓的題材化自雙獾，雙獾又諧音雙歡，有情深意濃之意。見一例白玉雙貓，著錄於《伍夫收藏中國玉器》，倫敦，2013年，頁228，編號97；另見楊門收藏一例，《The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing》，頁96，編號97；仇炎之舊藏一件白玉雙貓擺件，造型類似，售於香港蘇富比，2014年5月27日，拍品編號88。