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         THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
         2938
         A WHITE JADE MARRIAGE BOWL                        ᪺̗㡳   Ⅾἕ㢴㹪᨟‎⡪᧾
         QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
                                                           ⎊ℱᝳㆁᙚ卿㫐䂆᰻∪⪆卿䂆ݦڬᝳ࣍⶟⡠㫐⩙卿Ӵᐂ୨ൈ
         The elegantly executed bowl is carved with rounded sides leading   ዪ㑷ǯ
         to an incurved rim and is supported on four low ruyi-head feet.
         The rim is flanked by a pair of loose-ring openwork handles carved   ϝᬝ
         as dragons with their wings outstretched decorated with archaistic   㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿    ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
         openwork design. Each head is carved with bulging eyes beneath
                                                           㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ卿    ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅
         pointed ears and a single horn, the jaws open to reveal a scrolling
         tongue. The lustrous stone is of a pale greenish-white tone   ࣻ⩠Ӳ։׾ຽ卿ֿཨ༿㖅ഌ卿ݯӬ਑ᙻ    ჺ  ᝲ ᚚ㲞ᳰצ
         highlighted with warm russet patches.             ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅    ⽚厎औӬ਑ᙻ    ჺ ᝲ  ᚚ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ
         9 ƒ in. (24 cm.) wide, box                        ᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅    厎սࣿӬ։਑ᙻ    ჺ  ᝲ  ᚚٳᘹצ೥ᇑᐽ
         HK$2,600,000-3,500,000        US$340,000-450,000  㐈卿ᐽ৅  ⽚卿᫉Ӭ׾ݤ㛑㱈ⴵⱤ⡠ǯ
                                                           औࣻ⩠Ӭ׾卿ം㛑㱈⸥Ɽ⡠卿㖊ᙻ    ჺᯇ࢈߅‸⎏Ƕԋஇℱ
         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2 May 2005, lot 701  ଍ݥ㫀厍᳖Ƿ卿✄ݪݺ卿ᯇ࢈卿㮰   卿எ‸       ⽚ǯ
         Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3224
         Marriage bowls were often presented to couples as wedding
         gifts, symbolising the joyful union of husband and wife. The
         finely carved archaistic winged dragons convey a sense of
         strength and power.
         Compare to similar slightly larger white jade marriage bowls
         with winged dragon handles and ruyi-form feet, one sold at
         Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, 2010, another at
         Christies Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3959, and a further
         bowl carved to the interior with chrysanthemum sold at
         Christie’s London, 10 November 2015, lot 88.
         Refer also to a marriage bowl decorated to the exterior with
         lotus illustrated in Li Jiufang, Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji: Qing,
         vol. 6, Hebei, 1991, p. 215, pl. 314-315.


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