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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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A WHITE JADE TWO-HANDLED ‘CHILONG’ VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK AND OF THE
PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is carved to each side with a central roundel enclosing a sinuous
chilong amongst an intricate network of lotus scrolls, all encircled by further
lotus sprays. The openwork handles are carved and pierced with leafy foliage.
The stone is of a milky white tone with a few minor streaked russet inclusions.
10º in. (26 cm. ) high
£30,000-50,000 $43,000-70,000
€35,000-57,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Asia in the early 20th century.

Compare the present lot to a white jade vase at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, illustrated in The Bishop Collection. Investigations and Studies in
Jade, edited by George F. Kunz, New York, 1996, an illustration of which was
reproduced by Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 November, lot 1887. Also see a white
jade covered vase with handles suspending loose rings in the Tianjin Museum
Collection, illustrated by M. Tregear and S.Vainker, Art Treasures in China,
New York, 1993, p.257; and another example included in the 75th Anniversary
Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, S Marchant
& Son, London, 2007, Catalogue, no.14.
清乾隆 白玉螭龍纏枝蓮紋雙耳瓶 「大清乾隆仿古」 刻款
來源: 歐洲私人珍藏, 二十世紀初購自亞洲

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