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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1118 A PALE GREENISH WHITE JADE FACETED GU-FORM VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Raised on a base of rolling waves from which rises vapor that supports one The present vase, like many fne eighteenth century jade carvings, takes
foot of the large dragon climbing towards the rim on one side in pursuit of its basic form from archaic bronze ritual wine vessels of the Shang period.
a faming pearl on the opposite side, the stone of even pale tone with some A few other known examples with similar faceted sides set at an angle are
snowy inclusions published, including two vases from The Woolf Collection, both dated to the
Qianlong period (1736-1795), illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese
8¬ in. (21.7 cm.) high
Jade, London, 2013, pp. 108-109, nos. 26 and 27.
$50,000-70,000
See, also, a related eighteenth century white jade vase of the same form,
PROVENANCE
carved in relief with a dragon and chilong, illustrated by Robert Kleiner in
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, 1982.
Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong,
The Irving Collection no. 247.
1996, pl. 145, and subsequently sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, 27 November
2007, lot 1546. Another similar vase was sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, 1
June 2011, lot 3598.
清十八世紀 青白玉雕游龍戲珠紋觚

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