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Lot 26

A rare yellow jade vase group and cover
Qianlong

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A rare yellow jade vase group and cover

Qianlong
The yellow stone deftly worked in the form of a flattened baluster vase, the neck flanked by archaistic scroll handles and surmounted by domed cover with oval knop finial, beside a smaller archaistic pouring vessel, yi, set to one side with a chilong-dragon handle, carved in high relief around the front and side with a fruiting peach branch, sprouting lingzhi fungus and a gnarled, leafy branch, the stone of a rich yellow tone with minor russet inclusions, wood stand. 15.8cm (6¼in) wide. (3).

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Compare a very similar vase carved as part of a 'three ram and other mythical beasts' yellow jade group, Qianlong mark and period, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Beijing, 2008, pl.20. A yellow jade vase and cover of similar form and with related archaistic scroll handles from the G. de Menasce Collection, illusrtated by J.P.Palmer, Jade, London, 1967, fig.28 and front cover, is carved in high relief around the sides with pine and scrolling foliage.

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