QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE 'FINGER CITRON' VASE
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The tall slender vase is naturalistically carved as a large finger citron and a smaller finger citron borne on a thick, gnarled stem forming the base, with the curved ends of the 'fingers' forming the openwork rim. The semi-translucent stone is of white tone with a streak of pale grey inclusion.
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high, wood stand

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Lot Essay

For related jade vases, formed as a large and a smaller finger citron borne on a leafy branch forming the base, see the example in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Auspicious Ju-I Scepters of China, Taipei, 1995, p. 162, no. 87, and the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by M. Wilson, Chinese Jades, London, 2004, p. 52, no. 51.

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