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Lot 159
A pale green jade vase and cover 18th century
8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A pale green jade vase and cover
18th century
The jade of pale greyish-green tone, boldly carved as an archaistic baluster vase and cover with a single dragon clambering out of foaming waves and cloud scrolls to encircle the vase in pursuit of a flaming pearl held in the hands of a small boy standing on rockwork at one side.
18.5cm (7¼in) high (2).
The jade of pale greyish-green tone, boldly carved as an archaistic baluster vase and cover with a single dragon clambering out of foaming waves and cloud scrolls to encircle the vase in pursuit of a flaming pearl held in the hands of a small boy standing on rockwork at one side.
18.5cm (7¼in) high (2).
Footnotes
Provenance: an Italian private collection
十八世紀 青玉雕嬰戲龍紋連蓋瓶
來源: 意大利私人收藏
Compare a related yellow vase and cover depicting boys playing with a chilong, dated to the Qianlong period, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10 Qing Dynasty, Beijing and Hefei, 2011, pl.32.














