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A WHITE JADE BOWL WITH A SPINACH- 清乾隆 白玉盌 配 碧玉透雕蓮花海棠式座
GREEN JADE RETICULATED ‘LOTUS’ STAND
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
the bowl with deep rounded sides rising from a slightly splayed
short foot to a flared rim, the lustrous stone of an even white
colour with faint streaks; the reticulated spinach-green jade
stand with a wide quatrelobed flange decorated with a stylised
lotus bloom to each lobe, all supported on a rounded splayed
foot decorated with four further lotus blooms, the stone of a
spinach-green colour with dark speckles
bowl 11.9 cm, 4⅝ in.
stand 13.5 cm, 5¼ in.

HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,300-51,000

The simplicity of the flared form of the bowl which is carved
from a flawless white stone provides an attractive contrast
with the spinach-green openwork stand. This white and green
jade pairing appears to have been popular at court, with
variously shaped bowls surmounting similarly varied stands;
see a Qianlong mark and period bowl carved with archaistic
kui dragons and stand decorated with stylised lotus petals,
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Chinese Jades
Throughout the Ages. Connoisseurship of Chinese Jades. Qing
Dynasty, vol. 11, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 16; and a bowl carved
with a raised double-rib band bordering the rim, supported on
a reticulated stand with stylised leaves, sold in these rooms,
7th April 2015, lot 3603.

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