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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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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ݯӬᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㲞ᳰצ
highlighted with warm russet patches. ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ ⽚厎औӬᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚ㲞ᳰצᇑ
9 in. (24 cm.) wide, box ᐽ㐈卿ᐽ 厎սࣿӬ։ᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚٳᘹצᇑᐽ
HK$2,600,000-3,500,000 US$340,000-450,000 㐈卿ᐽ ⽚卿᫉Ӭݤ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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