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18 A PALE CELADON JADE
‘COCKEREL’ VASE AND COVER
㶭 曺 QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
⋩ 䘥 of ß attened form, the cockerel standing in proÞ le nestling a Ը๕
ℓ 䌱 baluster jar between its wings, a lotus sprig grasped in its beak,
ᶾ 晽 the blossoming leafy stem falling gently against the bird’s neck œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹij⸜Ķ㚰ķ㖍
䲨ġġġ ⣑ and chest, the wings pressed against the body and carved in an ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚
暆 archaistic manner with a coiled kuilong at each shoulder, the ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĴĺĹ
味 jar repeating the motif with an angular kuilong-form handle, the
䒞 bird’s legs and exaggerated curling plumage modeled as the
openwork conforming foot, the domed cover with a cockerel-
form Þ nial, the stone a pale celadon color with faint russet
passages and transmuting to dappled gray at the lower plumage
(2)
Height 5⅛ in., 13 cm
PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 6th May 1982.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 398.
$ 20,000-30,000
70 SOTHEBY’S
