CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Details

RARE BOL COUVERT EN JADE BLANC SCULPTE, LIAN
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The covered bowl is finely carved in shallow relief with stylized lotus petals and lingzhi-shaped leaves below a band of ruyi heads at the everted rim. The domed cover is surmounted by six elephant heads suspending loose rings, inlaid with deep red glass beads, and fitted with an openwork vajra finial. The jade is of a semi-translucent stone of almost flawless, even, white tone; inlays missing.

7½ in. (19 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of Baron Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793-1870), and thence by descent to the present owner.

Further details

A RARE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE BOWL AND COVER, LIAN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

Lian, the traditional cosmetic boxes, were usually made in wood during the Qing dynasty. The current lian is particularly precious because of its fine carving, glossy satiny finish, and the extremely fine quality of the jade. Compare with two jade lian in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection with similar shapes, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum -42- Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pp. 241-242, nos. 197 and 198. Also compare to an imperial white jade bowl and cover, dated Qianlong period, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2013, lot 3398.

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