Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 162Y

A rare pale green jade 'dragon and young' vase and cover
Qianlong

16 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£40,000 - £60,000

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

A rare pale green jade 'dragon and young' vase and cover

Qianlong
Exquisitely carved in relief to the smooth tapering vase with billowing clouds, the waisted neck climbed by a large scaly dragon and a chilong clambering above craggy rocks around the base, the cover surmounted by a rope-twist finial, the semi-translucent stone of a pale green tone with frost-white inclusions, wood stand. 17cm (6 3/4in) high. (3).

Footnotes

清乾隆 青白玉蒼龍教子蓋瓶

The motif of an adult and young dragon seems to have been favoured by the Qianlong emperor and has been interpreted as conveying the message of the father teaching his son the ways of life, and within the Imperial family, that of the emperor giving lessons to the prince.

Compare with a white jade vase and cover, Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, carved with adult and young dragons pursuing the flaming pearl, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware II, Beijing, 2008, pl.21. See also another related jade 'dragon' vase and cover, Qianlong, illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Jade from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.191, no.147.

See also a related pale green jade 'dragons' vase and cover, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 157.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

Mille Miglia eligible 1930 Lancia Dilambda 1st Series Sports Tourer

Chanel: a Lilac Aged Calfskin 'Kelly' Mini Bag Spring 2024

1931 Invicta 4.5-Litre S-Type Low Chassis Sports

2012 Bentley Mulsanne Saloon

The ex-Earls Court Motor Show 1968 Ferrari 365 GT 2+2 Coupé

49 kilometres from new 1989 Ferrari 328 GTS Targa Coupé

Chanel: a Navy Blue Crocodile Camellia Mini Flap Bag 2017-18

Chanel: a Simulated Pearl Necklace and Earring Suite Collection 26, Autumn/Winter 1991

Hermès: a Nata Swift Leather In-and-Out Retourne Kelly 25 Limited Edition, 2022

Hermès: a Shiny Miel Crocodile Sellier Kelly 32 2012

Hermès: a Rose Pourpre Epsom Leather Sellier Kelly 28 2018

Chanel: a Crystal and Simulated Pearl Long Necklace 1990s

Emanuele Pantanella: a Carved Hardwood 'Toucan' Clutch Bag 1990s

Hermès: a Shiny Black Niloticus Crocodile Sellier Kelly 32 1997

Offered from an important overseas collection 1974 Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer

Hermès: a Bleu Saphir Niloticus Lizard Birkin 25 2018

Hermès: a Bleu Frida Chamkila Chevre Leather Mirror Constance 18 2023

Property of a deceased's estate 1972 De Tomaso Mangusta Coupé