QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Hexagonal jade vases and covers of Qianlong date appear to be quite rare. A taller white jade example (32 cm.), also finely carved, but with Hindustan-style decoration rather than the archaistic decoration of the present vase, is illustrated by Yang Boda (ed.), A Romance with Jade: From the De An Tang Collection, Beijing, 2004, p. 71, no. 31, which was previously sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 2000, lot 673.