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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
女士藏品 (invoice)

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A RARE PALE GREEN JADE VASE AND COVER
Qianlong
Exquisitely carved in relief to the tapering body with bats swooping
amidst billowing clouds, the waisted neck climbed by a large chilong
and its kin in mutual pursuit of the flaming pearl, all above craggy rocks
protruding on a ground of crashing and swirling waves extending to the
base, the cover surmounted by a stepped finial, the semi-translucent
stone of a pale green tone with streaky inclusions, wood stand.
25.7cm (10 1/8in) high (3).
£50,000 - 100,000
CNY450,000 - 890,000
清乾隆 青白玉蒼龍教子蓋瓶

Provenance: Papazian and Eskenazi, Milan
An Italian private collection, acquired from the above on 12 March
1958, and thence by descent

來源：
米蘭古董商Papazian and Eskenazi
意大利私人收藏，於1958年3月12日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

The motif of an adult and young dragon seems to have been favoured
by the Qianlong Emperor and has been interpreted as conveying the
message of the father teaching his son the way of life, and within the
Imperial family, that of the emperor giving lessons to the prince.

Compare a white jade vase and cover, Qing dynasty, from the Qing
Court Collection, similarly carved with adult and young dragons
pursuing the flaming pearl, illustrated in The Complete Collection of
Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware II, Beijing, 2008, pl.21.
See also another related jade ‘dragon’ vase and cover, Qianlong,
illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Jade from the Collection of Alan and
Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.191, no.147.

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