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A fine and rare large white jade 'lotus' vessel Qianlong/Jiaqing
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The white stone worked in the form of a large lotus leaf with undulating petals forming the deep vessel, its stem intertwining with further stems issuing lotus leaves and blooms to form the base of the vessel and rising up one of the sides to form a handle, the stems suspending loose-ring handles on either side, with an egret perched on a lotus leaf carved in high relief to one side. 22.3cm (8¾in) wide
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Provenance: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London
Compare a related large white jade lotus receptacle from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Beijing, 2008, pl.39. See also a related openwork jade depicting egrets amidst lotus in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge illustrated by J.C.S.Lin, The Immortal Stone. Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the twentieth century, London, 2009, Catalogue no.90.
An egret amongst lotus represents the Confucian ideal of a virtuous official. The egret, 'lu', and lotus, 'lian' form the rebus 'Repeated success along the way of one's career'.


