QIANLONG (1736-95)

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A RARE AND FINE 'AUTUMN MALLOW' YELLOW JADE BALUSTER VASE
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Of rounded square section on a domed spreading foot, the slightly waisted neck with archaistic phoenix handles above a stepped shoulder, the stone of an even yellowish green tone with some minor darker and lighter inclusions
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's Hong Kong, 17th May 1988, lot 555
Christie's Hong Kong, 28th April 1996, lot 693

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Lot Essay

It is very rare to find jade vases of this pure yellow colour, what the Chinese connoisseurs call 'autumn mallow' or qiukui. For an 'autumn mallow' coloured jade carving, see the finger citrus in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museum - Jade (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 64, no. 52. The archaistic phoenix handles on the current vase is comparable to the archaistic dragon handles on an agate vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji - 6 - Qing, Hong Kong, Hebei, 1991,p. 148, no. 225. Compare also a yellow jade vase from the G. Bloch Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23rd October 2005, loyt 73; and another at Sotheby's New York, 19th of March 2007, lot 30.

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