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PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE
COLLECTION
156
POT À EAU EN JADE VERT ÉPINARD
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE À QUATRE
CARACTÈRES INCISÉE ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG
(1736-1795)
De forme globulaire reposant sur un petit pied circulaire évasé,
la panse est rythmée par trois phénix en relief dont les ailes
archaïsantes sont sculptées dans un entourage de volutes
archaïsantes et de têtes de ruyi.
Hauteur : 7 cm. (2r in.)
€8,000-12,000 US$8,600-13,000
£6,900-10,000

PROVENANCE:
Acquired in Rouen on 14 May 1986.
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This rare jar is very similar to one with a lotus-pod form cover and
a Qianlong seal mark from the collection of the Palace Museum,
Beijing, included in the exhibition, Chinese Jades Throughout the
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Ages, Chinese Art Foundation, Chicago and San Francisco, 1996,
154 no. 69. Another similar jar from the Palace Museum Collection,
PAIRE DE BOLS EN JADE CÉLADON without slits in the base, and without a mark, is also illustrated,
no. 68. Another very similar jar, in dark green jade, with a
CHINE, DYNATIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Qianlong mark, is illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in
Reposant sur un petit pied droit circulaire, leur panse est délicatement
the National Palace Museum: Supplement, Taipei, 1980, no. 41.
sculptée de volutes archaïsantes en relief contenues dans un bandeau
See a ‘chicken bone’ jade jar of the same form, with a Qianlong
surmontant une frise de pétales de lotus stylisés.
Diamètre : 16,6 cm. (6q in.) (2) mark and of the period, sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March
2004, lot 41. These jars and the present jar appear to be based
€4,000-6,000 US$4,000-6,000 on Tang dynasty prototypes, such as the jade jar illustrated in
£3,600-5,300
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -
Jadeware (II), 1995, no. 33.
PROVENANCE:
Prince George, Duke of Kent (1902-1942), fourth son of King George V (r.1910-
1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953), brother of King Edward VIII, later Duke of A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘PHOENIX’ WATER POT
Windsor (1894-1972) and King George VI (r.1936-1952), then by descent. CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-
CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
A PAIR OF CELADON JADE 'ARCHAISTIC' BOWLS
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) ⌅國私Ӫ珍藏
清Ү隆 碧玉鳳㌻≤ю 四字刻款
英國貴族珍藏
清Ү隆 青玉仿ਔ㌻碗 а對 ֶⓀ 於 年 月 日購自⌅國魯昂
ֶⓀ
肯特公爵҄治Ӣ王 舊藏ˈਾ家族傳承

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BRACELET DE PERLES EN AGATE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING (1644-1911)
Il est formé de six perles brunes et blanches de forme ovale enfilées sur un
cordon.
Diamètre : circa 5,3 cm. (2t in.)
€5,000-8,000 US$5,000-8,000
£4,400-7,000
A BRACELET OF AGATE BEADS 155
CHINA, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
清 瑪瑙手鏈

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