RARE ET IMPORTANT BOL A AUMONE EN JADE BLANC
RARE ET IMPORTANT BOL A AUMONE EN JADE BLANC
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR FRAMJEE DINSHAW PETIT, 3RD BARONET & LADY DINSHAW PETIT (NEE TATA) (LOTS 49 TO 52)Sir and Lady Dinshaw Petit assembled a large, impressive and diverse collection of Chinese jades from the 1950s onwards. The majority of the collection was sold at Christie's London, 8 November 2011. Their collection not only included exquisite Asian works of art but also fine European works of art and jewellery predominantly acquired from the most reputable London and European dealers and retailers of the time. The four works of art offered here stayed by descent within the family.
RARE ET IMPORTANT BOL A AUMONE EN JADE BLANC

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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RARE ET IMPORTANT BOL A AUMONE EN JADE BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
De forme globulaire légèrement aplatie aux bords doucement arrondis rentrant vers l'intérieur, l'extérieur est très délicatement sculpté d'un décor de cartouches en forme de têtes de ruyi abritant les emblèmes bajixiang. Ils sont intercalés de cartouches plus petits renfermant le caractère xi (bonheur). Le jade est d'une belle teinte blanche très uniforme.
Diamètre: 12 cm. (4 3⁄4 in.)
Provenance
The Collection of Sir Framjee Dinshaw Petit, 3rd Baronet & Lady Sylla Dinshaw Petit (née Tata), purchased at John Sparks, Ltd., London, 31st July 1957, thence by descent in the family.
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A RARE AND IMPORTANT WHITE JADE BAJIXIANG ALMS BOWL
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

It has been noted that the emperor Qianlong became fascinated with this type of Buddhist bowl after having seen such a vessel when he visited a temple in Jiannan during one of his "Southern Grand Tours" in 1758, and subsequently requested similar bowls to be carved of jade (see The Life of Emperor Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 146).

However, it is very unusual to find an alms bowl made of white jade, exemplified by the present lot. Compare with a white jade alms bowl of similar form but with a flat base, depicting the 'Seven Buddhas of the Past' illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 146, no.118. Compare also with a blue and white alms bowl of similar shape to the current lot, decorated with lotus scrolls in Beijing, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl.142.

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