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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN AND RUSSET
JADE EWER, GONG
Qianlong
The well-proportioned vessel fashioned in the
shape of an archaic bronze ewer gong standing
on a high spreading foot, the bulbous mid-section
finely carved with archaistic designs of taotie masks
amidst ruyi heads and ‘C’ scrolls, the lower and
upper sections with bands enclosing geometric
roundels, the handle shaped as a mythical bird,
the wide pinched pouring lip and foot decorated
with key-fret borders, the stone of pale green tone
marked by russet inclusions. 16.3cm (6 1/2in) high.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY72,000 - 110,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清乾隆 青白玉雕仿古饕餮紋觥

The Qianlong emperor proposed to ‘restore ancient
ways’, referring to the view of ancient culture as
having intrinsic qualities of sincerity, simplicity
and happy exuberance. For this purpose the
emperor instructed the Court to collect drawings of
antiquities, such as the Xi Qing Gu Jian (Catalogue
of Xiqing Antiquities), which were in turn provided
to the jade craftsmen for inspiration; see Chang
Li-tuan, The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special
Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the
Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pp.49-50. Compare
with a related white jade gong, Qianlong, illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Jades in the Palace
Museum, vol.6, Shijiazhuang, 1991, no.37. A white
jade gong vessel, Qianlong, was sold at Bonham’s
Hong Kong, 29 May 2018, lot 27.
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A PALE GREEN AND BLACK JADE ‘DOUBLE
LOTUS POD’ CARVING
18th century
Naturalistically carved in relief as two lotus pods
with circular seeds, with a beetle clambering on
top, borne on curling stems issuing a blossoming
lotus bud, further flower and furled lotus leaves to
the base and side of the pods, the opaque greyish-
white stone with dark and beige inclusions, wood
stand. 11.5cm (4 1/2in) wide. (2).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 青白玉雕並蒂同心擺件

Provenance: a German private collection, acquired
in China between 1894 and 1922, thence in the
family by descent
Sotheby’s Paris, 15 December 2016, lot 146

來源：德國私人舊藏，原藏家於1894至1922年間購
自中國，並由家族傳承
巴黎蘇富比，2016年12月15日，拍品編號146

Compare with a similar lotus pod carving, see The
Treasure of Imperial Jade: The Collection of the Qing
Court Special Exhibition, Beijing, 2018, nos.100,
and 101.

See a white and russet jade lotus pod carving, 18th
319 century, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
5 October 2016, lot 37.

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