QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC 'DRAGON' VASE
QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase is of flattened hu shape and carved on each side with eight chilong dragons writhing amidst stylistic clouds. The neck is decorated with ribbed scroll bands, and is flanked by a pair of animal-mask handles with loose rings.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high, wood cover

Provenance

An English private collection formed in the first half of the twentieth century, and thence by decent within the family

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Lot Essay

Compare the similarly decorated white jade vase, bearing an identical mark to the present vase, in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in Jadeware (III) The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 180, no. 147, and again by Li Jiufang in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, Hebei, 1991, vol. 6, p. 117, no. 182. Another slightly larger (33 cm.) archaistic white jade vase, also dating to the Qianlong period, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot. 3370.

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