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18TH CENTURY
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE 'NINE PEACH' VASE AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The vase is well-carved decorated with a gnarled peach tree with openwork leafy branches bearing nine peaches growing up the from the foot of the vase and curling around the neck. The foot of the vase is carved with narcissus and lingzhi growing from rocks. The cover is surmounted by a twin camellia-blossom finial. The stone is of even tone and is suffused with some russet veins.
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high overall
18TH CENTURY
The vase is well-carved decorated with a gnarled peach tree with openwork leafy branches bearing nine peaches growing up the from the foot of the vase and curling around the neck. The foot of the vase is carved with narcissus and lingzhi growing from rocks. The cover is surmounted by a twin camellia-blossom finial. The stone is of even tone and is suffused with some russet veins.
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Christie's Hong Kong, 29 September 1992, lot 816.
De An Tang Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1516.
De An Tang Collection.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1516.
Literature
A Romance with Jade, From the De An Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, no. 53.
Exhibited
Yongshougong, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 30 November-21 December 2004.
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