Fine Asian Art - 11th November 2025
Lot 160
A RARE CHINESE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF LI TAIBO
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £3175
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Description
A RARE CHINESE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF LI TAIBO
17TH CENTURY
The drunken, sleeping poet lying against a wine jar, wearing long robes and a scholar's cap, his face with a serene expression and with a long incised beard, the stone with light mottling and areas of russet skin to the reverse, 7.5cm.
From the Portersfield Collection, London, purchased from Roger Keverne Ltd 17th June 2008, Summer Exhibition, item 71.
Cf. Jadeware (III): The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum no.104, p.124 for a related example depicting the recumbent poet.
十七世紀 清白玉雕李太白擺件
來源：倫敦Portersfield收藏，2008年6月17日購於Roger Keverne Ltd夏季展·編號71。
Li Taibo (701-62) was a celebrated Tang poet who was known for his drinking and was often depicted with a wine pot. It is said that whilst died when he drunkenly tried to embrace the moon's reflection in a river and drowned.