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A FINELY-CARVED AND
RETICULATED PALE
GREENISH-WHITE AND
SPINACH-GREEN JADE
PARFUMIER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The body of the parfumier is intricately carved and
pierced with a continuous scene of scholars amongst pine
and wutong in a mountainous landscape beside a pavilion.
The ends are applied with a spinach-green base and cover,
carved with reticulated ruyi-form feet and a coiled dragon
amongst flowering branches.
9‰ in. (25 cm.) high

HK$400,000-600,000
US$52,000-78,000
PROVENANCE
John Sparks Ltd, London (according to label)
Acquired in London in the 1960s & 70s
Parfumiers were not only used for fragrance but were also used
to repel insects. Reticulated perfume-holders, commonly made
of other materials such as bamboo, were filled with camphor
or other insect repellents and placed among cloth or quilts to
protect them from moths. Compare the present parfumier to
another similarly carved parfumier from the Qianlong period
in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and
illustrated by Ming Wilson in Chinese Jades, pp. 53-55, no. 55.
The present parfumier can also be compared to an imperial
inscribed jade parfumier from the Qianlong period, sold at
Christie’s New York, 15 September 2011, lot 1032.

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