A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MONKEY, QING DYNASTY China, 1644-1912. Carved in the round as a monkey crouching, holding his coiled tail, the face finely incised with large bulging eyes. A hole pierced through the arm and foot for suspension as a pendant. The translucent stone of a pale celadon stone with russet skin and veining.

Provenance: From the personal collection of Susan Chen, Hong Kong, and thence by descent in the family. Susan Chen (d. 2014) was a prominent Hong Kong collector and dealer during the 1980s and 1990s. A long-time member and supporter of the Oriental Ceramics Society, she created the Sze Yuan Tang and Feng Wentang Collections together with her husband Anthony Hardy. Her collections consisted of a wide range of objects, from modern paintings and calligraphies to bronzes, ancient ceramics, and jades, which the couple collected for more than 30 years. In 2016, Bonhams sold parts of the jade collection, which at the time was hailed as the most successful sale of the last decade in this category, reaching a total of HKD 178,000,000.
Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear, small nick to the tail. The stone with natural inclusions and fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks over time.

Weight: 63.9 g
Dimensions: Height 5.9 cm

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 7 October 2014, lot 135
Price: HKD 75,000 or approx. EUR 11,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pale celadon and russet jade monkey and a peach, brush set, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related carving of the face and curled tail, the color of the jade, as well as the related size (6.9 cm)



清代青白玉留皮雕猴
中國，1644-1912年。圓雕一隻蹲著的猴子，一手抓著盤繞的尾巴，臉上大眼活靈活現。一個穿過手臂和腳的孔，用於懸掛作為吊墜。半透明的淺青色玉料，具有赤褐色的皮和脈絡。

來源：香港陳淑貞私人收藏，保存在同一家族。陳淑貞，英文名Susan Chen (2014年去世)，曾是香港上世紀八十至九十年代著名的收藏家、古董商，曾是東方陶瓷學會會員，創辦了奉文堂。而其先生Anthony Hardy則是思源堂的主人。她一生的私人珍藏極具特色，收藏領域廣泛，從近現代書畫到青銅器、高古陶瓷、高古玉、明清玉器等，涉及門類多且品味不凡。2016年邦翰思曾對她的部分玉器藏品進行拍賣，創出HKD 178,000,000的總成交額。
品相：狀況極好，有輕微的磨損，尾部有小缺口。具有天然內沁和裂縫的玉料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些已經發展成細小的裂縫。

重量：63.9 克
尺寸：高5.9 厘米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2014年10月7日，lot 135
價格：HKD 75,000（相當於今日EUR 11,000）
描述：清代青白玉留皮雕猴
專家評論：比較非常相近的面部和盤尾雕刻、玉石顏色，以及相近的尺寸 (6.9 厘米)。