A LARGE WHITE JADE BOWL AND COVER

PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

细节

A LARGE WHITE JADE BOWL AND COVER
QIANLONG

The bowl with deep, rounded sides rising from the slightly flared, pedestal foot to an everted rim incised with geometric diaper, the sides carved in shallow relief with four of the Buddhist emblems separated by the character xiang, all bordered by bound and conjoined straps, the domed cover decorated with the other four Buddhist emblems separated by the character ji within similar borders below the reticulated cushion-form finial carved with a coiled dragon grasping a flaming pearl, the translucent stone of even color with some added russet coloring--8 3/8 in. (21.2cm.) diam., box

拍品专文

The two characters ji xiang may be translated as 'good fortune'

A label glued to the underside of the cover reads "Jade vases from Summer Palace near Pekin presented to Sir John Michel by his Division - 1861"