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A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE ‘DRAGON AND YOUNG’ The motif of an adult and young dragon seems to have been favoured
VASE AND COVER by the Qianlong emperor and has been interpreted as conveying the
Qianlong message of the father teaching his son the ways of life, and within the
The flattened baluster vessel with billowing clouds, the waisted neck Imperial family, that of the emperor giving lessons to the prince.
climbed by a large scaly dragon and a chilong clambering above
craggy rocks around the base, the cover surmounted by a rope-twist Compare with a white jade vase and cover, Qing dynasty, in the Qing
finial, the semi-translucent stone of pale green tone with frost-white Court Collection, carved with adult and young dragons pursuing the
inclusions, wood stand. 17cm (6 3/4in) high. (3). flaming pearl, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum: Jadeware II, Beijing, 2008, pl.21. See also another
£10,000 - 15,000 related jade ‘dragon’ vase and cover, Qianlong, illustrated by R.Kleiner,
CNY90,000 - 140,000 Chinese Jade from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong
Kong, 1996, p.191, no.147.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價 See also a related pale green jade ‘dragons’ vase and cover, Qianlong,
which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 157.
清乾隆 青白玉雕蒼龍教子蓋瓶

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