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VARIOUS PROPERTIES John Sparks炻ΐ㔎炻1954⸜12㚰1㖍
㫸㳚䥩Ṣ䍵啷
3118 ΐ㔎恎㿂㕗炻2012⸜5㚰17㖍炻㉵⑩18嘇

AN IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ‘MARRIAGE’ BOWL

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The deep bowl is thickly carved with slightly compressed bulbous
sides and finely carved in low relief to the exterior with a narrow
band of stylised confronting chilong below a band of ruyi-heads,
descending from the inverted bevelled rim. The bowl is flanked
on either side by large elaborately carved butterfly handles with
loose rings, their outstretched wings and long curling antennae
spanning the rim, all raised on a short circular ring foot. The semi-
translucent stone is well-polished and has some areas of russet
inclusions.
6 ƒ in. (19 cm.) wide across the handles, stand, box

HK$1,200,000-1,800,000 US$160,000-230,000

PROVENANCE

John Sparks Ltd., London, 1 December 1954
A European private collection
Sold at Bonham’s London, 17 May 2012, lot 18

Compare to a related censer and cover carved with butterfly handles
in the Palace Museum, Beijing and illustrated in Jadeware (III), The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing,
2008, pl. 61.

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