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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
supported on a short stem-foot encircled by a raised fillet, the body rising conically before sweeping in at the shoulder to a cylindrical neck and
galleried rim, stylized ‘cicada’ pendants carved in low relief extending from the shoulder down the body, the neck, shoulder, and lower body each set
with four beast-mask handles carved in high relief and suspending loose rings, the petal-fluted domed cover surmounted by a floriform knop, the pale
green stone evenly suffused with icy white inclusions, wood stand (3)
清 青白玉雕獸首活環蓋瓶
Height 9 in., 22.9 cm
$ 30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE 來源
The House of Jade, Ltd., New York. The House of Jade, Ltd.，紐約
Collection of Helen M. deKay. Helen M. deKay 收藏
Sotheby’s New York, 8th December 1966, lot 43. 紐約蘇富比1966年12月8日，編號43
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至清代》，
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 芝加哥，2008年，圖版212
pl. 212.

Jade vases with multiple loose ring handles and archaistic designs, such as the present piece, proliferated during and after the Qianlong
period. This can be traced to the Qianlong Emperor’s fondness for innovative designs referencing archaic styles and the large quantities of
jade newly available.
Compare a white jade example formerly in the Manno Art Museum, Osaka, also with twelve loose rings but against a plain ground and with a
pierced dragon finial, sold at Christie’s London, 21st June 2001, lot 114, and again in their Hong Kong rooms, 1st November 2001, lot 1058.

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