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A pale green jade vase and cover 18th century image 1
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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).

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.

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