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A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG – JIAQING PERIOD

清乾隆至嘉慶 白玉雕夔龍雙龍活環耳蓋瓶

the flattened ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a 來源：
waisted neck, flanked by a pair of dragon-head handles issuing 倫敦蘇富比1969年7月1日，編號74
hoops suspending loose rings, the front and back worked 倫敦蘇富比1972年5月9日，編號30
in low relief each depicting a shaped ribbon-tied cartouche,
enclosing a pair of confronting kui dragons with their bodies
stylised into square scrolls, all framed above and below with
bands of taotie masks, the domed cover similarly worked with
taotie masks, surmounted by a finial in the form of a mythical
beast, the stone of an even white tone with occasional milky
streaks
25.7 cm, 10⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 1st July 1969, lot 74.
Sotheby’s London, 9th May 1972, lot 30.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-90,000

A larger white jade vase, carved with a similar motif of
confronting chilong, their bodies forming an archaistic
geometric scroll, was sold at Christie’s New York, 28th/29th
June 1984, lot 114; and a spinach-green jade example was
sold at Christie’s Rome, 13th November 1973, lot 223. See
also an ovoid vase carved with a related motif, included in the
exhibition Jade as Sculpture, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint
Paul, 1975, cat. no. 76.