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1A5s2pi*nach-green jade ‘arrow’ vase, hu The form of the ‘arrow’ vase is derived from the archaic hu vases of the
Shang Dynasty. For a related jade ‘arrow’ vase from the National Palace
18th century Museum, Taipei, illustrated together with a Shang Dynasty bronze hu
Smoothly carved as a vessel of flattened hu form supported on a vase to show the similarities, see The Refined Taste of the Emperor:
spreading foot with the neck flanked by a pair of tubular handles, the Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court,
stone of spinach-green tone, wood stand. Taipei, 1997, no.1. The present lot is left uncarved, thus highlighting the
23.5cm (9¼in) high (2). quality of the unadorned stone.
£10,000 - 15,000
HK$120,000 - 180,000
CNY94,000 - 140,000

十八世紀 碧玉雕貫耳壺

Provenance: Jade House, Hong Kong, purchased on 30 January 1963
A Canadian private collection
Exhibited: Royal Ontario Museum, Prized Possessions from Private
Homes: An Exhibition, Toronto, 8 October - 8 December, 1968, no.1168
來源:1963年1月30日購於香港Jade House
加拿大私人收藏

展覽:1968年10月8日至12月8日於皇家安大略博物館Prized Possessions
from Private Homes: An Exhibition展出，圖錄編號1168

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