A RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE CUP STAND

JIAQING YUYONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE CUP STAND
JIAQING YUYONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The shallow quatrilobed stand is carved with a raised central platform carved with a shou character and ribbed edges to hold a cup. The stand is raised on four low lobed feet and the exterior rim is incised with low curved panels containing archaistic motifs. The base is inscribed in clerical script Jiaqing yuyong ('for the personal use of Jiaqing'). The stone is of a fine, pale greenish-white color.
6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired in New York in the 1970s.

Lot Essay

The shou character appears to have been a popular motif to decorate the center of the platform of white jade cups stands. Although not visible, it is carved on the stand of a cup and stand from the Sammy Chow Collection illustrated by J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, The Asia Society, New York, 1980, no. 146, which was dated late Ming, and is also carved on three white jade cup stands of various shapes sold at Christie's New York: 18 September 18, 2003, lot 107, with a cup; 22 March 2007, lot 130; and 13-14 September 2012, lot 1068. Another, also with its cup, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 April 2001, lot 538. All of these cup stands were dated Qianlong or Qianlong-Jiaqing.

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