QIANLONG INCISED FANG GU SIX-CHARACTER MARK, AND ALSO A CYCLICAL DATE, RENZI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1792, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A DATED DARK CELADON JADE CEREMONIAL VESSEL, FANG DING
QIANLONG INCISED FANG GU SIX-CHARACTER MARK, AND ALSO A CYCLICAL DATE, RENZI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1792, AND OF THE PERIOD
The rectangular vessel raised on four tall tubular legs surmounted by lion masks, each side carved in relief with taotie between notched flanges to the corners and below key-fret to the rim, the top with upright loop handles, a long inscription ending on the cyclical renzi incised to one of the wide walls to the interior, the stone of a dark celadon tone with some lighter and darker flaws
8¼ in. (21 cm.) high

來源

Purchased from Louis Joseph in the 1950's.

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The long inscription to the wide interior wall is an ode to archaism and praises the powerful shape of ding vessels from the Shang period. A similar vessel can be seen illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, no. 155, p. 189.