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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘CHILONG’ 清十八世紀 青白玉雙螭圓方雙聯瓶
DOUBLE-VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
consisting of a pair of conjoined vases, one a tall archaistic
cong-form vase rising from a cylindrical foot to a constricted
neck and galleried mouth-rim, the exterior with raised
horiziontal bands, conjoined on one side with a compressed
ovoid jar surmounted by a cover with a rounded finial,
the exterior of the jar skilfully decorated in low relief with
rope-twist bands and rendered in the round with a pair of
clambering chilong, one reaching towards the cong, the beasts
portrayed with sinuous bodies and bifurcated tails, the celadon
stone suffused with russet inclusions, wood stand
15.2 cm, 6 in.
HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,300-51,000

Double vases such as the present were created combining a
variety of different forms, many of which referenced archaistic
shapes and were embellished with popular propitious symbols.
See two double-vases sold in our New York rooms, the first
fashioned from yellow jade, conjoining a cong-shaped vase
with a cylindrical vase, adorned in high-relief with a large
dragon, and several smaller chilong amidst ruyi clouds,
9th/10th October 1987, lot 186, and a spinach-green jade
version, combining an archaistic yi -form ewer with a flattened
baluster vase and decorated with lingzhi, from the collections
of Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel and Lady Delamere, sold in our
New York rooms, 16th March 2016, lot 399.

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