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ANOTHER PROPERTY
ⱷ765
A PALE YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE
ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The body is carved in low relief on either side with
four panels, each containing an archaistic phoenix
on a key-fret ground, below the waisted neck
flanked by a pair of beast-head handles. The pale
yellow stone has russet variegation throughout.
9¬ in. (24.4 cm.), Japanese fitted wood box
$18,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Kyoto, circa 1970s.
清十八/十九世紀 黃褐玉仿古饕餮紋獸首耳
蓋瓶
來源:
私人珍藏, 京都, 1970年代前後
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW JERSEY COLLECTION
766
A VERY RARE WHITE JADE RETICULATED
PERFUMIER
18TH CENTURY
The perfumier is carved in openwork as a circular
band with interlocking T-shaped frets, with
the exterior carved in low relief with archaistic 766
C-shaped scrolls. The stone is of an even white
tone. A four-character Qianlong nian zhi mark is
incised on the interior of one lower edge. The use of perfumiers started in the Tang and Song dynasties, and gained
2 in. (5.1 cm.) diam., zitan cover and stand, fitted popularity in the Imperial Palace and the noble households as a type of
cloth box functional décor during the Qing dynasty. Incense or fresh flowers were
placed in perfumiers with openings on the sides to emit pleasant aroma in
$30,000-50,000 the interior spaces. The present circular white jade perfumier is carved with
reticulated, interlocking T-shaped components. This intricate design was
known to be an innovation of jade perfumiers during the Qianlong period
新澤西州私人珍藏 (1736-1795). A green jade perfumier of slightly larger size, carved with very
清十八世紀 白玉鏤雕仿古紋花熏 similar archaistic scrolls, previously in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jade Ware
(III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 50, no. 39. Another reticulated greenish-white
jade perfumier of similar size, but with plain T-shaped interlocking elements
and similarly carved conforming zitan cover and stand, also from the Qing
Court Collection, is illustrated by Yang Boda in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji (The
Complete Collection of Chinese jades), vol. 6, Hebei, 1994, p. 53, no. 85, fig. 1.
Fig. 1 Jade reticulated censer, mid-Qing dynasty. Palace Museum, Beijing.
玉鏤雕山字花熏, 清中期, 北京故宮博物院藏
766 (mark)
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