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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A FINE AND SUPERB WHITE JADE ᪺̗㡳 Ⅾἕ⎽૔ࡋᄟ᧾
‘DOUBLE HAPPINESS’ MARRIAGE BOWL
ϝᬝ
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
.D$PSRVPEBMF ഺ Ⅷ⻦卿ٳᘹ
The compressed globular body is supported on four short splayed ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
feet, straddling horizontally across the broad mouth rim with a
ৌ⁞ᝩ֖ܿⅧ⻦
musical chime joined by knotted ribbons to a double-happiness
㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
symbol, Shuangxi, carved in openwork, terminating with further
ribbons suspending tassels framing either side of the gently everted
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spout, the sides of the vessel with a pair of loop-handles with loose
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ
rings, each handle formed by a bat with wings outstretched resting
on the mouth rim. The well polished, translucent stone is of an ᯳೥㯀⧻ワ㱦卿 ჺ ᝲ ჺ ᝲ
even mutton-fat tone.
8‰ in. (22.4 cm.) across ⮐㙽
3PCFSU ,MFJOFS卿Ƕ$IJOFTF +BEFT GSPN UIF $PMMFDUJPO PG "MBO BOE
HK$10,000,000-15,000,000 US$1,300,000-1,900,000
4JNPOF )BSUNBOǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚
PROVENANCE
Lady McCorquodale, London
Sold at Christie's London, 21 October 1974, lot 88
Important Chinese Jades from the Personal Collection of
Alan and Simone Hartman, Part II, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
27 November 2007, lot 1539

EXHIBITED
Christie’s New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
LITERATURE
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.67

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