A RARE WHITE JADE VASE AND COVER

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A RARE WHITE JADE VASE AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The flattened pear-shaped body carved on each side with a central medallion of a dragon coiled around a 'flaming pearl' amidst swirling clouds, encircled by a pair of confronted phoenix with scrolling interlaced tail feathers, the waisted neck flanked with a pair of phoenix-shaped loop handles, their wings spreading across the neck, the mouth and foot rims with key-fret, repeated on the domed cover and finial centred with a shou symbol, the stone of an even creamy white tone with tiny areas of russet inclusions
11 13/16 in. (30 cm.) high, stand

Provenance

Frank Caro, New York
Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 30 May 1973, lot 147
J.J. Lally, New York

Literature

Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 142

Exhibited

Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

Lot Essay

Like the vase in lot 1402, the present lot belongs to a group of jade vessels of similar large size and superbly carved in matching style. Here, the stone is of the highest quality, displaying all the desirable attributes of good translucency and exceptional whiteness. The carving is crisp and the polish good.

The combination of dragon and phoenix is derived from Daoist iconography, and represents sagacity, long life and benevolence.

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