A WELL-CARVED PALE CELADON JADE MARRIAGE BOWL

JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

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A WELL-CARVED PALE CELADON JADE MARRIAGE BOWL
Jiaqing Four-Character Incised Mark and of the Period
The shallow bowl raised on five ruyi-shaped feet and with two openwork chrysanthemum handles at the rim suspending loose rings, the exterior carved and incised in medium relief with four butterflies within a continuous lotus meander, the center of the interior with lingzhi, wannianqing and peony, the underside with five radiating ruyi lappets surrounding the nianhao, the stone of pale grayish-green tone with an area of pale brown mottling
8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) wide

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See illustration of two views

Sale room notice

Dimensions: 11½in. (29.2cm.) long, 7in. (17.8cm.) wide, 3½in. (8.9cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The combination of lingzhi and wannianqing forms a rebus which may be translated, "May your wishes come true for the next ten thousand years". With these wishes the inclusion of peony, fuguihua (riches and rank), is a natural addition to the decoration

For another similarly carved bowl, see Masterworks of Chinese Jades in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1970, no. 28