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A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A HARE, TANG DYNASTY
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10月15日 下午5点 开拍 /13天16小时
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A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A HARE, TANG DYNASTY

China, 618-907. The rabbit depicted in a crouching pose atop a large rectangular base, with its legs tucked neatly against its plump body. The naturalistically rendered head is distinguished by a pair of prominent eyes and a pronounced snout, flanked by two elongated funnel-shaped ears, symmetrically arranged and laid back along the curve of the body.

Provenance: The Zhichengtang Collection of Wong Bing Kuen and Lau Yuk Kiu, Hong Kong, acquired through the local trade in February 1992. Wong Bing Kuen, a native of Hong Kong, began his career as a hairpiece manufacturer before entering the gift and souvenir trade in the early 1970s. In 1972, through an introduction by a descendant of the MacPherson family, he founded the Galaxie Art & Gift Company in Prince’s Building, Central, then home to leading dealers such as Peter Lai Antiques, P. C. Lu & Sons, and C. C. Tin Gallery at the dawn of a golden age for the Chinese art trade in Hong Kong. Esteemed for his business acumen, modesty, and integrity, Wong developed the gallery from a souvenir shop into a respected source for Chinese works of art, including ceramics, jade, and scholar’s objects. He worked with pioneering Hong Kong and international dealers, among them Susan Chen, Robert Chang, Lai Loy and Lai Tuk, Robert Ellsworth, and Anthony Spink, while works handled by the gallery entered such distinguished collections as those of Sir Joseph Hotung, Florence and Herbert Irving, and Dr. Yang Chun-Hsiung (Yangdetang). Alongside their activities as dealers, Wong and his wife, Lau Yuk Kiu, formed their own collection, Zhichengtang, whose name reflects the integrity and enduring commitment to art that guided their collecting.
Condition: Very good condition with expected wear, traces of weathering and erosion, signs of prolonged burial, structural fissures, few minor losses, light nibbling. Overall with a naturally grown ivory-colored patina, highlighted by distinct russet hues and a smooth, unctuous surface.

Weight: 746.5 g
Dimensions: Length 10.8 cm

This carving is a refined example of the small marble figures of hares produced during the Tang dynasty. Such images typically share a similar crouching pose, with the long ears swept back, the head resting on the forepaws, and deeply set oval eyes. The careful naturalistic carving style, together with the natural inclusions and fissures in the marble, lends the figure a remarkable sense of vitality and imminent movement, qualities characteristic of sculpture from the Tang period. Raised on a rectangular base, the present example was most likely intended for use as a weight. In ancient China the moon was represented by a white disc containing a hare, and the rabbit is the fourth animal in the twelve-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related white marble hare, dated early 8th century, 11.3 cm long, formerly in the collection of Richard C. Bull, exhibited in the University Museum, Philadelphia, 1959, sold at Sotheby's New York, 6 December 1983, lot 252, and now in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1984.6.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 March 2015, lot 765
Price: USD 40,000 or approx. EUR 47,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A small alabaster figure of a crouching rabbit, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and related modeling and manner of carving. Note the different stone and similar size (12.2 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 20 September 2013, lot 1511
Price: USD 30,000 or approx. EUR 35,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A marble carving of a rabbit on a lotus base, Tang dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, manner of carving, and stone. Note the lotus base and the size (13.8 cm).

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