YONGZHENG/QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)

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A RARE IVORY PEACH-FORM WATER POT
YONGZHENG/QIANLONG PERIOD (1723-1795)
Carved in high relief at one end with a leafy gnarled branch and with a bat at the other end, with a peach and flower on the underside
2¾ in. (7 cm.) long, cloth stand

Provenance

Gerard Levy, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Compare the similar peach-form water container, but in white jade, in the Qing Court collection, Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in the The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Small Refined Articles of the Study, Shanghai, 2009, p. 202, no. 192.

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