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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC FANGGU-FORM ᪺̗㡳 ⅮἕͲ۶㩲㩐♄ἅ㤛㘢‎⡪ᑝ⿷
VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) ϝᬝ
The square-sectioned vase is modelled after an archaic bronze ᯳೥㯀☆՞Ⅷ⻦
wine vessel fanggu. Each side of the mid-section is carved in
⎊ℱǯᙲ⋌ক㨯ᙃ౩ӳൃ⎊ℱ↱ㅳ卿཭㛑ἦⰰǯ଍ᆨ֎㬪㠩㜮଍㈓ǯ᫈
shallow relief with a taotie mask, between lappets filled with key
ᙹᆨऑǮ㑷ǯ᳅⮃ᓋ⯍ᄓԠӳ㛑ǯം೅߃㫌㪰㑌⹳⶟⡠卿⭬㱈㲎㱬⡠卿
frets spreading outward on the trumpet neck and splayed foot. 㯝㛑㉑℡㬷㠾∪⪆Ӭཌǯ
The neck is carved with a pair of openwork mask-form handles
suspending loose rings. The stone is of an even pale greenish-white ᳖ջ֎ऒℱ㈓അ⊐ӳǮԋǮӴӲ㛑ߎ⢑भ㿱ᓞ⩧Ꮀǯ᫉଍սӬᙃ౩ℱᙠ
tone with small patches of russet. 㫌↱⩧Ꮀ卿ӻℱ㐏᳖㘲⎊⎝ǮⰰḞமࡵ卿ἃԳ㪏֎ऒℱ଍ԋ⎏Ⅷ৅ǯ᳖
9…/”ÿ in. (23 cm.) high, wood stand ༈⯠⻦ԋ㫍ᝳᙇ։㘆ַ׾卿ֿℱ㐏ࣿ㫌႙⯝᫉⏟⋁⩢ՔӶ≾അǯ㘆ַ׾
जࣻ⩠झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ꮢ⻦Ӭ։☸㵶卻 ݩߎ卼⎏Գ㪏֎ऒ᪪㈓卿
HK$1,500,000-2,500,000 US$200,000-320,000
㇦Ƕ༈ᅡԠ㪿厍᳖ջ֎ऒ⊺ዪℱ଍⁞ཿஎ㢙Ƿ卿झ࢈卿 ჺ卿எ‸
ǯऔᬘ㖅Ӭ։⎊ℱ߅ᎹὍ⪆ᙹ㈓卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ
PROVENANCE
A Boston private collection 㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚ǯ
The present vase follows the archaic bronze prototype, fanggu, a type ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ք⻦ᝳᙇ։ℱ㈓卿ཨ༿Ǯ଍ᆨࣿℱ♎प⊿卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒
of wine vessel used in the rituals of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. By 㩴⻦Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕℱ଍卻Ӵ卼Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿எ‸ 卿ℱ㐏⎐
the Qing period, archaic forms and motifs found great popularity at ἃ┡ℱᎵ㬪ℱǯ
court and a number of jade vessels, such as the present example, were
produced to reflect the fashion of the period.
The present vase is carved from a single jade boulder, instead of
constructed in sections as many comparable examples from this
period are. This vase is further distinguished by its white and even
material, which is on a par with the finest examples preserved in the
Qing court collection, such as a slightly taller white jade gu-form vase
(24.3 cm. high) with Qianlong fanggu-mark in the National Palace
Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The Refined Taste of the Emperor:
Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court,
Taipei, 1997, no. 11; and one of comparable height with flanges in place
of mask and ring handles, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019,
lot 3028.
Compare also with a few other jade gu-form vases of varying sizes and
shapes made of either celadon or spinach-green jades in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of
the Palace Museum -Jadeware, III, Hong Kong, 1995, nos. 130-134.

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