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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
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         AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED ‘CHICKEN BONE’ JADE         ᪺̗㡳   ྽⽗㢹㬷ἕǗ˖᪺⪱ǘ྽⽗だ↢
         ‘TEA POEM’ BOWL                                                             Ǖ̗㡳ˣ೺ലᒰ྽㧎ǖᢎ
         QIANLONG YUTI MARK, DATED BINGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING
         TO 1746 AND OF THE PERIOD                         ⎾ᖊऑ卿᳅ᆄ⭬卿஄㑷ǯ⎾೅ߴ厍
                                                             ǸᢐⱤⰰӶൕדᏛ㲞ӻᷛ
         The bowl is finely carved standing on a ring foot rising to flaring
                                                               ៏༰ঀⱥ⭨Ӳ৅᫢᳖⢞
         walls. The exterior is delicately incised with the Qianlong
         Emperor’s imperial poem ‘Sanqing cha’ (Tea of Three Purities), and     ἰսᐙ⭧㦡ᮣԠᐂ✠㫝
         is dated bingyin cyclical year. The jade is of a semi-opaque creamy     ỉ٣㗦㷚ァ䀢ὸ㘘⊂ᵨ
         tone with grey and brown inclusions.                  㑘≰ᷘմԱᬿᅙ㙴◲ቼ
         4 æ in. (12.2 cm.) diam., box                         Ն⼘᲼എࢮजነӶज㊯
         HK$1,500,000-2,500,000        US$200,000-330,000      㲦㲦ݛ⧲㙬᰻᰻㫡᷐ḉ
                                                               ڏ׭㚃ज㱓៣㘯㐃ᛞߣ
         It is rare to find bowls of this type in ‘chicken bone’ jade. On     ᎛ᗖ㑤႔ᡪ㯄⛮ℱ႓㌹
         his return journey of a visit to Mount Wutai in the 11th year    ༠༌値リᶥऒᝲ⏭᎝ⅇ
         of his reign (1746), the Qianlong emperor and his entourage
         sojourned to make tea using fallen snow. In the brew, as well     㕦㱇㑓ᄃ㱛ᙁू⯞Ὅ⛖
         as Longjing tea leaves, were the additions of prunus, pine nut     Գ㪏ӿ༖ཎᛌᇙ㯪ǹ
         kernels and finger citrus. It was this concoction that inspired
         the Emperor to compose the present poem, Sanqing cha, ‘Tea   ᳖ង⎑Ⴝ㛢੧᫆੨ⳍ卿սԳ㪏Ⴝἃ≾ǯᗌ㊯Գ㪏Ӭ഍᚝ǮԋǮ
         of Three Purities’.                               ᛮ㇝੨Ӳ୪卿ᇖӶ㧿ᙷ卿᫉ἃձ㱐㕇ᯧԠӬǯձᛮჺ㘧ׅᇌ卿
                                                           ங࢈ᱡ㥚᳖䁗ݤཇ㉑Ǹὅⳍ౽ǹ卿ኑ㧾৅ⳍǯձཌ৅ⳍ㦷᭢㯄
         Compare the present lot with bowls bearing the same poem
         carved from jade, including two white jade bowl and covers,   ᝳᇵᇑ卿הԻᄃࢦ㲛ᇙㅳⳍ㉼ໄӽǯݯԋᝬἃᇌ՞ᰥᰥᦼ㙣⎏
         one in the Royal Collections Trust first acquired by Queen   ᛓձ☌႗Նझྒྷᇌ卿୪☶⯍໸⯞㙘㫝卿ᙻ჊ԋ⯝⨍⯀ݬ৅Ӳ᳖
         Mary, accession no. RCIN 11636 and illustrated in John Ayers,   ⳍᛞᏒ㐋ǶӲ᳖ⳍǷ㉼ǯǸӲ᳖ⳍǹᛓս㏐ⳍἃԖ卿׈սᢐⱤǮ
         Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her   ៏ຽǮדᏛǮ㫝᭢ޔ᯲⩧Ꮀ⎏㲞ⳍǯԳ㪏㚍⁞ἃǸӲ᳖ⳍǹㅳ
         Majesty The Queen: Volume III, London, 2016, and another sold   ה≢ǮℱǮᶜ✙Ӷऱ㐏஠⎏ⳍݰ卿⯇Գ㪏ݨჺ㑌ᬔჺᅓ㚉⨍⯀
         at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 2931; and a
         spinach-green jade bowl sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April   ங㞒ⵖ༈⯟リӲ᳖ⳍ་ǯ
         2013, lot 3009.
                                                           㯸ַ⎏ℱǸӲ᳖ⳍǹ⎾जࣻ⩠厍Ⲗஇ⎑།ᘘ⻦ఫ㞖ᝯӬ։⎊ℱ
         Compare the present lot with two porcelain examples, one in   ⸌⎾卿⻦৅⤔⽚ 3$*/      卿Ꮚᙻ +PIO "ZFST Ƕ$IJOFTF BOE
         iron red and the other in underglaze blue, in the collection of   +BQBOFTF 8PSLT PG "SU JO UIF $PMMFDUJPO PG )FS .BKFTUZ 5IF 2VFFO
         the National Palace Museum, Taipei illustrated in Catalog of   7PMVNF ***Ƿ卿ٳᘹ卿     ჺ厎Ӭ։⎊ℱ⸌⎾਑ᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ
         the Special Exhibition of K’ang-hsi, Yung-cheng, and Ch’ien-
         lung Porcelain Ware from the Ch’ing Dynasty in the National   㐈卿     ჺ    ᝲ    ⽚卿ᐽ৅     厎ݻӬ։┡ℱ⎾ᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛
         Palace Museum, Taipei, 1986, p. 169, no. 142 (both bowls).  ᬘ      ჺ   ᝲ   ᚚᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅      ⽚ǯ

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