A FINE AND RARE CARVED YELLOW JADE HEXAGONAL VASE, GU

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A FINE AND RARE CARVED YELLOW JADE HEXAGONAL VASE, GU
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Of compressed hexagonal section, finely carved in low relief on each facet of the mid-section with a taotie mask amid archaistic scrolls, the trumpet neck incised with upright blades with fret patterns, the decoration repeated in the opposite direction on the hollow spreading foot, all worked from stone of rich yellow tone with areas of brown inclusions
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high, stand, box

Lot Essay

The archaistic carving on the present lot relates well with that on a few other yellow jade vessels: another gu-shaped vase carved in the round as a group with animals, in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 55; a baluster vase, similarly decorated with taotie masks and archaistic scrolls, also in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated ibid., pl. 66; and a circular tablet, gui, with stylistically similar scrollwork, sold in these Rooms, 7 July 2003 (Catalogue dated 28 April 2003), lot 758.

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