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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

167 Y
A VERY FINE PALE GREEN JADE VASE AND
COVER
18th/19th century
Crisply carved in baluster form of square section,
the body left plain to enhance the natural beauty of
the smooth very pale green stone, a band of lappets
at the shoulder beneath archaistic circular whorl
patterns, the elegantly tapering neck flanked by a
pair of archaistic beast-head handles, the cover
surmounted by a square finial, wood stand and
fitted box and cover.
20.2cm (8in) high. (4).

£10,000 - 15,000
CNY88,000 - 130,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕雙耳蓋瓶

Provenance: Pierpaolo Pineschi (1925-2014), Italy,
and thence by descent

Pierpaolo Pineschi (1925-2014) was one of the
founders of the National Union of Italian Film
Journalists. In 1950 he was appointed Head of
Press and Promotion of Unitalia Film, promoting
Italian cinema worldwide. It was in these
circumstances that Pineschi worked with the
entertainment mogul and philanthropist Sir Run Run
Shaw (1907-2014). During Pineschi’s visit to Asia,
Sir Run Run Shaw introduced him to Chinese art
and approved of his choice of the present jade vase.

來源：意大利Pierpaolo Pineschi（1925-2014）舊
藏，並由後人保存迄今

Pierpaolo Pineschi（1925-2014）是意大利電影記
者聯盟的創始人之一。 1950年，Pineschi被任命為
Unitalia電影新聞和推廣部門負責人，在全球範圍內
推廣意大利電影。由此，Pineschi開始與娛樂界大亨
兼慈善家邵逸夫爵士（1907-2014）合作；在其訪
問亞洲期間，邵逸夫爵士向他介紹了中國藝術，並
促成了他選擇收藏本拍品。

Qing dynasty carvers understood that their craft was
still second to nature in beauty and so highlighted
the natural beauty of the stone by leaving larges
areas of the present lot unadorned, living up to the
saying that jade is as pure as ice (yujie bingqing 玉
潔冰清).

Only the shoulder is carved in low-relief with an
archaistic band of whorl patterns. The beast-head
handles further allude to archaic bronzes from the
Zhou dynasty from which many jades carvings were
inspired. Compare the handles of the present lot
with those on a white jade vase and over, Qianlong,
illustrated in the Compendium of Collections of the
Palace Museum: Jade, 10, Beijing, 2011, p.48,
no.22.

See also a related white jade vase and cover,
Qianlong, smoothly carved with elephant-head
handles, illustrated in The Splendour of Jade: The
Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong, 2011,
p.165, no.135.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.