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A CELADON JADE DOUBLE GOURD CARVING A PRECIOUS-STONE-EMBELLISHED WHITE NEPHRITE VASE
18th/19th Century AND COVER
Carved as a large double-gourd and with several smaller gourds Jade probably Qing Dynasty, embellishment later
and leaves hanging from a vine, a tightly curled tendril extending The vase of pear shape with waisted neck and everted neck with
towards the base, the base with a small concave dimple, the stone short straight sides, the rounded cover surmounted by an oval knop,
a pale celadon. the stone inlaid on the body and cover with gold wire threads with
3 1/2in (8.9cm) long alternate upright floral sprays in an Hindustani style.
4in (10.2cm) high
$6,000 - 9,000
$4,000 - 6,000
十八/十九世紀 青玉雕葫蘆擺件
白玉嵌寶花卉紋蓋瓶
For a slightly larger jade grouping of clustered gourds, see Robert
Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone For an imperial pre-cursor in the so-called Hindustani style, see a
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.255, no. 204. For another example, more slender jade vase with various colored stone insets from the
similarly depicting a large central gourd surrounded by vine tendrils, Qing Court Collection illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu
curling leaves and other smaller gourds, see Christie’s, New York, 22 Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
March 2007, lot 89. Museum) Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 286, no. 238; and a dish
ibid., p. 273, no. 225.

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