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PROPERTY OF VARIOUS OWNERS
A FINE AND VERY RARE CARVED WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' BOTTLE
1740-1850
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A FINE AND VERY RARE CARVED WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' BOTTLE
1740-1850
Finely carved as a flattened, ovoid bottle supported on a base of crashing waves and a rocky outcropping, with a sinuous chilong emerging from the waves on one of the narrow sides and a descending dragon on the other, a flaming pearl in high relief on one shoulder, the stone of even white tone, stopper
2 3/8in. (5.9cm.) high
1740-1850
Finely carved as a flattened, ovoid bottle supported on a base of crashing waves and a rocky outcropping, with a sinuous chilong emerging from the waves on one of the narrow sides and a descending dragon on the other, a flaming pearl in high relief on one shoulder, the stone of even white tone, stopper
2 3/8in. (5.9cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, Hong Kong, 22 March 1993, lot 508.
Exhibited
Jade: Ch'ing Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of History,
Taiwan: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California;
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas; Explorers Hall,
National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999, p. 243, pl. 187.
Taiwan: The Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, California;
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas; Explorers Hall,
National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999, p. 243, pl. 187.