A WHITE JADE ‘BOY’ PLAQUE, CHINA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE ‘BOY’ PLAQUE, CHINA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY Of undulated oval form, well carved in high relief with a boy dressed in loose robes shown in a dynamic pose as he carries a leafy branch in his right hand, the reverse decorated with three antique jue vessels, and reserves framed on both sides with swirling clouds on a ground of concentric rings centered by a small aperture. The smoothly polished, translucent stone of an even white hue. Alan Hartman was born on 9 January 1930, the son of Hazel and Urban Hartman. Urban Hartman opened a shop dealing in Oriental art on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 1927 and Hartman Rare Art was incorporated in 1945. Alan grew up surrounded by works of art; he purchased his first jade when he was a child – he was 12 – and from that moment until his passing, he continued to acquire antiques and works of art. For a while Alan worked with his brother, Roland, and when they split, he made the decision to run the business on his own. Hence the name Rare Art was to endure, and Alan owned substantial galleries on Madison Avenue in New York and at one point stores in Dallas and Palm Beach. Anyone who visited his New York stores will remember that it was easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer breadth of the stock – including Chinese artworks from the Neolithic era to the 20th century, Japanese works of art, silver, and a variety of jades and hardstones. Privately, however, Alan and his second wife, the love of his life, Simone, purchased special pieces for their homes – fine Japanese works of art and objets de vertu, Impressionist paintings, magnificent jades, the best Tang and Ming ceramics, archaic Chinese bronzes, gold boxes, and an important collection of Huguenot silver. Parts of his collection have been donated to the Alan and Simone Hartman Galleries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Brooklyn Museum, and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Dimensions: Length 5.6 cm The boy on one side of the current plaque alludes to a wish for male descendants. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s London, 16 June 2020, lot 226 Price: GBP 5,000 or approx. EUR 7,700 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject, color of the jade, manner of carving, and size (6.1 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 21 March 2025, lot 894 Price: USD 15,120 or approx. EUR 13,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the similar subject, color of the jade, manner of carving, and size (5.7 cm).

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