COUPE EN JADE CELADON TRES PALE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

Details

COUPE EN JADE CELADON TRES PALE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Raised on four small supports, the exterior is decorated in low relief with lotus flowers in a pond, and the centre is carved in relief with a double-carp. The stone is of a pale tone with some milky and minute darker inclusions.
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) diam.

Provenance

From a European private collection.

Further details

A VERY PALE-CELADON JADE 'DOUBLE-CARP' WASHER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

Twin or double fish (shuangyu) symbolizes a wish for connubial bliss and abundance. Compare to a similar jade washer depicting a double-fish, illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections, Jade I, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1986, no. 187.

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