A Fine Well-Carved White Jade Ewer and Cover

18TH CENTURY

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A Fine Well-Carved White Jade Ewer and Cover
18th Century
The plain globular body raised on a low waisted pedestal foot, the rounded double strap handle terminating on the shoulder in a ruyi head and split at the bottom where the two ends curve under to expose the outward-turning tips carved with shou characters, the low domed cover with an openwork vajra-like finial interlocked at its base with a surrounding flowerhead executed in raised outlines, the semi-translucent stone of even tone with a very slight greenish tint
7.1/8in. (18.1cm.) across

Lot Essay

This ewer is related in form and fineness of carving as well as the quality of the white stone to others of Qianlong and Jiaqing date. See the ewer with more ornate spout and bearing a Jiaqing reign mark included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, no. 2828; one with shou characters also carved on the tips of the handle illustrated in Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji; Zhongguo yuqi quanji; Qing (The Classified Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts; The Great Treasury of Chinese Jade; Qing), Hebei, 1991, vol. 6, p. 1, no. 1; one from the collection of Millicent Rogers dated to the Qianlong period, the body and handle very similar to the present ewer, with loose rings pendent from curved leaves issuing from the knop, sold in these rooms, 28 March 1996, lot 42; and another, also dated Qianlong, sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 16 November 1989, lot 612.

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