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PROPERTY FROM A MIDWEST PRIVATE PROVENANCE
COLLECTION
Collection of Mr. Stanley Charles Nott (by Stanley Charles Nott
A WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE repute).
‘CHRYSANTHEMUM’ CENSER AND Collection of Mrs. George Vetlesen (1877-1958), George Vetlesen (1877-1958)
COVER New York (by repute).
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, 1982. Ashkenazie Co 1982
PERIOD
Chrysanthemum-form jade vessels were rst
of compressed globular form uted to mimic developed by artisans during the Qianlong
the petals of a chrysanthemum, the body with period. The emperor had a particular fondness
four rounded handles carved in ne openwork for chrysanthemum-decorated vessels executed
with chrysanthemum blossoms on leafy vines, in the Mughal style, and these two motifs were
raised on a low circular foot carved in radiating often paired in jade production during his reign.
rings of petals, the domed cover surmounted For another censer with a similar chrysanthemum
by a nely carved openwork disc of further openwork carved disc nial dated to the 18th
chrysanthemums, the stone of a pale celadon- century, see Roger Keverne, ed., Jade, London,
white with streaks of light russet, tted wood 1995, g. 126. The carved chrysanthemum on
stand (3) the underside of the foot of the present example
Diameter 7⅜ in., 19 cm is similar to that on a pair of dishes in the Baur
Collection, illustrated in Pierre-F. Schneeberger,
The Baur Collection, Chinese Jades and other
Hardstones, Geneva, 1976, nos. B 6-7.
$ 100,000-150,000
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