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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN A RARE YELLOW JADE BOWL where the author suggests the jade bowl takes the shape of
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOWL QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY a porcelain and the yellow stone color reflects the taste for
highly colored ceramics. See also a pair of 18th century white
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG Diameter 3⅞ in., 9.7 cm jade bowls of very close form, sold at Christie’s London,
the base with an incised six-character seal mark, wood stand PROVENANCE 6th June 2000, lot 98.
(2)
Diameter 6 in., 15.3 cm Marchant, London (according to label). Bowls fashioned from yellow jade are rare, and very few
Canadian Private Collection, acquired in North America in appeared in the market. Compare a pair of larger yellow
PROVENANCE the 1990s. jade bowls, attributed to the Qianlong period, sold twice
Clark Family Collection. Perfectly proportioned and finished to a lustrous sheen, in our Hong Kong rooms, first 22nd May 1985, lot 305,
Christie’s New York, 18th June 2014, lot 69. this yellow jade bowl exemplifies the cultural and economic and later 3rd October 2018, lot 3308; another with a
wealth of the 18th century under the reign of the Qianlong Qianlong reign mark and of the period, sold in these rooms,
$ 6,000-8,000 Emperor. The present bowl is exceptional for its brilliant 23rd March 1998, lot 349, and again in our Hong Kong
translucent yellow coloration, which is highlighted through rooms, 8th October 2009, lot 1807, from the Water, Pine
845 清乾隆 碧玉盌 the absence of any embellishment. Since the Ming dynasty and Stone Retreat Collection; and a smaller pair of bowls and
yellow jade was recognized by scholars and connoisseurs covers, attributed to the Jiaqing period, from the collection
《大清乾隆年製》 as one of the most valued variations of nephrite. In his of T.Y. Chao, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 18th November
miscellany Yanxian Qingshang [Refined enjoyment of elegant 1986, lot 164.
來源 leisure], the dramatist Gao Lian (fl. 1573-1581) noted, “Of all
Clark家族收藏 jade materials, yellow stones with a mellow tone are the best ⊖ $ 50,000-70,000
紐約佳士得2014年6月18日，編號69 and mutton-white ones come second”.
清十八世紀 黃玉盌
Compare a closely related example of a slightly larger size,
first sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 2nd December 1976, 來源
lot 720, later at Christie’s Hong Kong, 17th January 1989, 馬錢特，倫敦 (標籤)
lot 897e, and published in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade
from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, cat. no. 29:14, 加拿大私人收藏，1990年代購於北美

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF WHITE JADE DISHES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
(2)
Diameter 6¼ in., 16 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Solomon E. Shahmoon (d. 1987), acquired in
Shanghai between 1912 and 1949, and thence by descent.
$ 30,000-50,000

清十八世紀 白玉盤一對
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來源
所羅門•斯文（1987年逝）收藏，於1912年至1949年
之間得於上海，此後家族傳承

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