A pale green and russet jade 'squirrel and grape' pendant


QianlongThe pebble naturalistically carved and pierced as a squirrel with a large bushy tail crouching amidst grapevines with clusters of grapes and large leaves, the stone of greenish-white tone with russet markings. 6.1cm (2 1/2in) long.
|清乾隆 青玉帶皮鏤空雕松鼠葡萄飾件Provenance: An English private collectionMarchant, LondonExhibited, Published and Illustrated:Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition: Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, no.44來源：英國私人舊藏倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄：Marchant，《玉器九十，90週年特展》，倫敦，2015年，編號44See a similar white jade pendant carved with squirrel and grapes, Qianlong, illustrated in The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong, 2011, p.114, no.98; see also another similar white jade pendant, Mid-Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2013, lot 191.青玉質，籽玉形，染皮色，鏤空透雕松鼠葡萄，葡萄粒粒圓潤，枝葉婉轉，一松鼠攀附其上作偷食之態，松鼠長尾細爪，雕琢生動。此件全就玉料形狀而設計，頗具匠心。松鼠繁殖力強，葡萄多籽，清代玉件常以為題，意在多子多福。參看一件非常類似的清乾隆白玉松鼠葡萄珮，著錄於《韞玉生輝：松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，頁114，編號98；類似題材可參考一件清中期白玉鏤空雕松鼠葡萄飾件，2013年5月26是售於香港邦瀚斯，拍品編號191。