CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, DATÉ DE L'ANNÉE CYCLIQUE BINGYIN DU RÈGNE DE QIANLONG, CORRESPONDANT À 1746

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COUVERCLE EN JADE CÉLADON
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, DATÉ DE L'ANNÉE CYCLIQUE BINGYIN DU RÈGNE DE QIANLONG, CORRESPONDANT À 1746
De forme circulaire et surmonté d'une prise creuse évasée, il est orné du poème Sanqing Cha composé par l'Empereur Qianlong incisé souligné à l'or.
Diamètre : 10,1 cm. (4 in.)

Provenance

John Sparks Ltd Insurance Valuation, dated 1953, listed as number 49, as part of a pair of bowls and covers.
Collection of Robin Marx (1923-1975), UK, and thence by descent within the family.

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Further details

AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED 'TEA POEM' CELADON JADE COVER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG CYCLICAL BINGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1746 AND OF THE PERIOD

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Lot Essay

It is unusual to find tea bowls and covers in jade as they are more usually seen in porcelain. The poem, composed by the Qianlong Emperor, is a eulogy on tea, known by its title Sanqing Cha or 'Tea of Three Purities'. An imperial inscribed jade tea bowl and cover dated to 1769 was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29 November 2005, lot 1648; another pale celadon tea bowl and cover was sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2020, lot 138; a third white jade tea bowl and cover was sold at Christie's Hong Kong on 26 November 2014, lot 2931.

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