A FINE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A SAGE QianlongA FINE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A SAGEQianlongCrisply carved as an elderly bearded male figure clad in long flowing robes, his right hand carrying a branch of blossoming peonies across his shoulders, his left a chime, the stone of even white tone suffused with a few small beige inclusions. 14cm (5 1/2in) high.清乾隆 白玉雕仙人擺件Provenance: Sotheby's London, 1 November 1985, lot 347Joseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, and thence by descent 來源：倫敦蘇富比，1985年11月1日，拍品編號347Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)舊藏，並由後人保存迄今See a related jade carving of Shoulao, 18th century, illustrated by S.C.Nott, Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection, West Palm Beach, 1942, pp.106-107, pl.XIV. See also a related jade carving of Shoulao, 18th century, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1989, no.62. Another related white jade carving of Shoulao, Qing dynasty, is illustrated in Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2007, p.110, no.46.A related white jade figure of a sage, 18th century, was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2021, lot 223; see also a white jade figure of a male Immortal, 18th century, which was sold at Christie's New York, 19 September 2014, lot 1250.public_sentiment_keywords: stone+chime ** Jade +hanis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930642.jpgsold_price_type: £