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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
1779
A RARE LARGE AND FINELY CARVED SPINACH-GREEN PROVENANCE:
JADE MARRIAGE BOWL Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, 1986.
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Property from a private collection; Christie's New York, 26 March 2010,
lot 1140.
The marriage bowl is thick-walled and of strong proportions, and
is carved on the exterior with the bajixiang interrupted by a pair of EXHIBITED:
butterfly handles on either side, their leafy wings outstretched and Dallas, Texas Collects Asia, The Trammel & Margaret Crow Collection
joining a wide reticulated network of interlocked leafy scroll. The of Asian Art, 12 July - 28 September 2008.
interior is well carved in deep relief with two fruiting peach branches, a
sprig of narcissus and small clusters of lingzhi and bamboo, the whole LITERATURE:
raised on five small lobed feet. Amy Lewis Hofland and Shiyuan Yuan, Texas Collects Asia, Dallas,
2008, p. 25, fig. 13.
12º in. (31.1 cm.) wide across handles
Buddhism was the state religion of the Qing dynasty, and the
$150,000-200,000
Qianlong Emperor was a devout practitioner of the faith. His powerful
清乾隆 碧玉雕八吉祥紋蝶耳洗