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19 A CELADON JADE ‘CHILONG’
VASE
㶭 曺 QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Ḧ 䌱 of ß attened gu-form, the sides carved in high relief and openwork Ը๕
昮ġġġ 晽 with three chilong scaling the vessel, the rim with a perching
㴟 phoenix and a ‘Flaming Pearl’, the base ß anked by two rocky ŎŢųŪŦĮōŰŶŪŴŦġŷŰůġńŢŭŭŦůţŦųŨġĩIJĺıIJĮIJĺĹijĪġ䓟䇝⣓
㯜 outcrops rising from waves, the translucent stone an even pale Ṣ㓞啷
漵 celadon with small patches of russet at the edges, wood stand œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹij⸜Ĵ㚰ķ㖍
沛 (2) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
䲳 㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĴĹĵ
如
Height 6⅞ in., 17.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Baroness Marie-Louise von Callenberg (1901-1982).
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 6th March 1982.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 384.
Compare other jade gu-form vases carved with three chilong,
including one sold in our London rooms, 18th November 1998,
lot 921; another at Christie’s London, 6th June 1988, lot 17; and
a third, with a taotie ground, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 18th
May 1989, lot 884. A variation of this type is decorated with
nine dragons. Examples include one that sold in our Hong Kong
rooms, 29th October 2001, lot 705, and another sold in these
rooms, 19th March 2007, lot 639. A further gu-form ‘dragon’
vase with faceted sides, also from the Irving Collection, sold at
Christie’s New York, 21st March 2019, lot 1118.
$ 15,000-25,000

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