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The present lot is a classic example of the ideals of Qing jade carving ⎊ℱ卿ⰰḞᵐᷪ⡿⤤ǯᰚᮆ१ᨌ஋䀦⭬ᆨ卿ݦڬ᱙㫌〘〟卿〟⨫⯝Ӵ㯇
where twin elements appear together, in this instance the double- 㙄ᙻᰚ卿⪆ӴपௗӬ᰻∪卿ऑᯒ㇡⸌㥝㫌㫐੧Ǯ╙ࣿ⣟჌卿߄ᆄᆨ⒜
happiness character and the pair of tasselled endless knots appearing
᱁卿ᄓᐂ୨㫡ௗᅴ㑷ǯ
together to symbolise harmony and eternal marital bliss. From the
subject-matter, it is possible that this vessel was made as a wedding ᫉ᰚ㙁௛ӳᝬഌ⎏⁞㿽ᛓम▼எᡪ⎏༡ዪ卿⊇Ǹ⣟ǹ㋞Ǹ೰ǹ㮥卿Ǹ╙
present, and a number of these remain in the Palace Museum, Beijing.
㋞Ǹጻǹ㮥卿㜩㫐੧ↅ卿㱈Ӭ㫐〘〟᰻∪⪆卿༡੧ጻক◙Ԡዪ卿㙁௛ߣ
Yang Boda discussed this group of objects in his essay 'Selected
⤤ᙲ♦ǯ㫌↱႙⻱㬳჎ㅻ㫓卿୬ἃᙃ㵲ࡺᑐӬ㫐᰻∪⪆㛢⊐Ӭ౩ℱᙠ㫌
Treasures from the Personal Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman',
published in the auction catalogue, November 2007, pp. 24-29. ↱⩧Ꮀ卿㇝ங੧ጻ⡠㱈ᇌᓋ⮃Ꮀᰚ卿᫢Ӷ➯੷ǯ
A very similar water pot from the Helen and Peter Collection was ᫉଍࠻⬒ज⬒ᛓ㩸๋⎏൚ല卿⊇ᙻᾥ㲞卿Ք♑Ɽᾥ卿㯸ַ⎏׾ຽங᳖༈
included in the 45th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society, 㚃ໄԋՔजཊߪǯ
Auspicious Emblems, Hong Kong, 2005, and illustrated in the
Catalogue, no. 218; a slightly smaller water pot of comparable design is
illustrated by Yang Boda (ed.), Essence of Qing Jades, Hong Kong, 1995,
pp. 200-201; an example with a Shou character on the bridge is in the
Tianjin Municipal Museum, illustrated in Cang Yu, Hong Kong, 1993,
pls. 204-205; and another also with a Shou symbol, was included in the
Indianapolis Museum of Art exhibition, Three Dynasties of Jade, 1971,
illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 44.

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