A mottled green jade bowl
18th/19th century
The bowl with a lipped rim, raised on three ruyi-head shaped supports, finely carved on the exterior in low relief with a pair of quail feeding off a spray of millet beside peach branches issuing from a rocky outcrop, the reverse carved with a blossoming crab apple growing from an undulating ground, the stone of mottled green tone with russet inclusions, wood stand.
18.1cm (7⅛in) diam. (2).
The bowl with a lipped rim, raised on three ruyi-head shaped supports, finely carved on the exterior in low relief with a pair of quail feeding off a spray of millet beside peach branches issuing from a rocky outcrop, the reverse carved with a blossoming crab apple growing from an undulating ground, the stone of mottled green tone with russet inclusions, wood stand.
18.1cm (7⅛in) diam. (2).
Sold for
£1,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: an English private collection
The decorative combination of quail and ears of grain represent the wish for 'May there be peace year after year', suisui ping'an, or 'May there be peace and a good harvest', shuang'an jiahe.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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