A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE TOOL VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE TOOL VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Finely carved on the exterior in shallow relief to depict a continuous landscape scene with a young boy holding a long branch of lingzhi fungus as if to bait a nearby cockerel, the white stone with areas of the russet skin highlighting the ornamental rocks and the leaves of the large plantain
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high, stand, box

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Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 April 2003, lot 104

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The young boy depicted probably refers to the legendary child prodigy, Jia Chang (b. AD713) who at the age of thirteen was already a talented trainer of fighting cockerels; and was employed to train cockerels to fight in the Tang imperial court. A similar theme is found on Qianlong period cermics such as the Qianlong inscribed famille rose cup sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1892.