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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
2837
A SMALL GREENISH-WHITE JADE VAJRA
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
(1736-1795)
It is carved and pierced in the form of a vajra with well defined details.
The stone is of an even pale greenish-white tone.
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000
PROVENANCE
An American private collection
fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
The vajra together with the ghanta, were important Buddhist ritual எӬ ࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦৅
implements which were held in the left and right hands respectively to
make elaborate ritual movements and they are also attributes of Buddhist
deities. Both are usually made of bronze where jade examples are far
rarer. An example of a similar jade vajra but of a smaller size is illustrated
in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 -
Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 134-35, no. 112 (fig. 1), also dated to
the Qianlong period. Compare to a Qianlong-marked jade ghanta formerly
in the same North American collection sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29
May 2019, lot 3033 (fig. 2).

᪺̗㡳 㤎Ⅾἕ㕺׬ᖪ Ǘ̗㡳ໞ⽗ǘौಧ᜷ᕋטᢎ

ϝᬝ
⧻இ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
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௛㯸ַֿཨ༿⊶ཎ⎏Գ㪏᪪ℱ㞖ࠈំ卿㇦ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕℱ
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ऱ࢈⧻☆՞⯠⻦⎏Ӭ։Գ㪏᪪ℱ㞖ࠈំ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ
㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卻ॲ̤卼ǯ

fig. 2 Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 May 2019, lot 3033
எՀ 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ ᐽ৅ ⽚

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