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A FINE AND EXQUISITE WHITE JADE VASE
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A FINE AND EXQUISITE WHITE JADE VASE
Estimate
(Set Currency)
    HK$1,500,000 - HK$2,000,000
  • ($194,135 - $258,847)

Sale Information

Sale 2811
The Imperial Sale Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
31 May 2010
Hong Kong Buy Catalog





Lot Description

A FINE AND EXQUISITE WHITE JADE VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of flattened baluster form, the slender body tapering to a stepped foot, the waisted neck flanked on either side by naturalistically carved elephant-head handles suspending loose rings, the well-polished stone of an even white tone
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high


清乾隆 白玉光素雙活環象耳瓶

瓶呈扁方形，束頸，無蓋，長方形口、足。通體光素無紋飾，頸對稱飾象耳，各套一環。

此器造型端莊，掏堂規整。古語有曰「良玉不雕」，美本質好的玉不需要雕琢，保持其天然的美，此器便是一例。此器2009年6月11日於巴黎蘇富比拍賣，拍品246號。

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Provenance

Previously sold at Sotheby's Paris, 11 June 2009, lot 246

Lot Notes

While most jade vases are carved with a variety of archaistic or floral themes around the body, the lapidary craftsmen chose to leave the body of this vessel plain and polished, using the attractive sheen to emphasise the beauty and purity of the material. In this instance, the intricately worked elephant-head handles are well balanced against a simple, undecorated body.

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