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         A MASSIVE AND FINELY-CARVED                       ᪺ڊՌˡ☹   ⌅ἕⰉᇈՌܒ⎠♄㢴⬙⡪૰⯰⁅
         SPINACH-GREEN JADE TWO-
         HANDLED VASE AND COVER                            ϝᬝ
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         QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY                        ᙻ           ჺջ㐟ᙻٳᘹ
         The vase is elaborately carved to each side with a central lotus
         amongst leafy foliage, surrounded by four of the Eight Buddhist   ൣ⿫
         Emblems, Bajixiang, all below a band of cicadas and a band of   ٳᘹ卿#VSMJOHUPO 'JOF "SUT $MVC卿Ƕ" $PMMFDUJPO PG 0CKFDUT PG
         stylised dragons confronting a shou character. The shoulders are   $IJOFTF "SUǷ卿     ჺ
         carved with a pair of chrysanthemum handles with loose rings. The
         cover is similarly decorated with further lotus blooms.   ֩Ḝ
         15‰ in. (40.3 cm.) high
                                                           (PSFS  &EHBS ࣿ + '  #MBDLFS卿Ƕ$IJOFTF 1PSDFMBJO BOE )BSETUPOFT
                                                           ✄ՀݺǷ卿ٳᘹ卿     ჺ卿㮰    卻ॲː卼
         HK$1,000,000-2,000,000
                                                           Ƕ$BUBMPHVF PG B $PMMFDUJPO PG 0CKFDUT PG $IJOFTF "SUǷ卿ٳᘹ
         US$130,000-260,000
                                                           #VSMJOHUPO 'JOF "SUT $MVC卿     ჺ卿 ཿᩖ $卿   ⽚
         PROVENANCE
         Collection of Mr. H. Whitaker, prior to 1911
         Acquired in London in the 1960s & 70s
         EXHIBITED
         London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, A Collection of Objects of
         Chinese Art, 1915
         LITERATURE
         Gorer, Edgar & J.F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, Vol.
         II, London, 1911, pl. 235 (fig. 1)
         Catalogue of a Collection of Objects of Chinese Art, Burlington Fine
         Arts Club, London, 1915, Case C, no. 21


























                                          fig. 1  The present lot illustrated in Chinese Porcelain and Hardstones, Vol. II, London, 1911, pl. 235
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