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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ˣലᒰ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⭨Ӳ᳖⢞
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$200,000-330,000 㲦㲦ݛ⧲㙬᰻᰻㫡᷐ḉ
ڏ㚃ज㱓៣㘯㐃ᛞߣ
It is rare to find bowls of this type in ‘chicken bone’ jade. On ᗖ㑤႔ᡪ㯄⛮ℱ႓㌹
his return journey of a visit to Mount Wutai in the 11th year ༠༌値リᶥऒᝲ⏭ⅇ
of his reign (1746), the Qianlong emperor and his entourage
sojourned to make tea using fallen snow. In the brew, as well 㕦㱇㑓ᄃ㱛ᙁू⯞Ὅ⛖
as Longjing tea leaves, were the additions of prunus, pine nut Գ㪏ӿ༖ཎᛌᇙ㯪ǹ
kernels and finger citrus. It was this concoction that inspired
the Emperor to compose the present poem, Sanqing cha, ‘Tea ᳖ង⎑Ⴝ㛢੧᫆੨ⳍ卿սԳ㪏Ⴝἃ≾ǯᗌ㊯Գ㪏ӬǮԋǮ
of Three Purities’. ᛮ㇝੨Ӳ୪卿ᇖӶ㧿ᙷ卿᫉ἃձ㱐㕇ᯧԠӬǯձᛮჺ㘧ׅᇌ卿
ங࢈ᱡ㥚᳖䁗ݤཇ㉑Ǹὅⳍ౽ǹ卿ኑ㧾ⳍǯձཌⳍ㦷᭢㯄
Compare the present lot with bowls bearing the same poem
carved from jade, including two white jade bowl and covers, ᝳᇵᇑ卿הԻᄃࢦ㲛ᇙㅳⳍ㉼ໄӽǯݯԋᝬἃᇌ՞ᰥᰥᦼ㙣⎏
one in the Royal Collections Trust first acquired by Queen ᛓձ☌႗Նझྒྷᇌ卿୪☶⯍⯞㙘㫝卿ᙻԋ⯝⨍⯀ݬӲ᳖
Mary, accession no. RCIN 11636 and illustrated in John Ayers, ⳍᛞᏒ㐋ǶӲ᳖ⳍǷ㉼ǯǸӲ᳖ⳍǹᛓս㏐ⳍἃԖ卿սᢐⱤǮ
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her ៏ຽǮדᏛǮ㫝᭢ޔ᯲⩧Ꮀ⎏㲞ⳍǯԳ㪏㚍⁞ἃǸӲ᳖ⳍǹㅳ
Majesty The Queen: Volume III, London, 2016, and another sold ה≢ǮℱǮᶜ✙Ӷऱ㐏⎏ⳍݰ卿⯇Գ㪏ݨჺ㑌ᬔჺᅓ㚉⨍⯀
at Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 November 2014, lot 2931; and a
spinach-green jade bowl sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April ங㞒ⵖ༈⯟リӲ᳖ⳍ་ǯ
2013, lot 3009.
㯸ַ⎏ℱǸӲ᳖ⳍǹ⎾जࣻ⩠厍Ⲗஇ⎑།ᘘ⻦ఫ㞖ᝯӬ։⎊ℱ
Compare the present lot with two porcelain examples, one in ⸌⎾卿⻦⤔⽚ 3$*/ 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ᳰצᇑᐽ
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
झ࢈இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᝳӬ։█⡚ᆭࣿӬ։㬪Ɽຽ卿Ƕ᳖
ᄮ㫇Գल≢⁞ཿǷ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ǯ
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