QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC 'CICADA' INCENSE TOOL VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The vase of quatrefoil section is decorated on the elongated neck and lobed body with bands of stylized cicadas. Ruyi heads encircle the top of the mouth and the lower body above the tall foot. The stone is of an even, pale greenish-white tone.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

Provenance

T'ing-sung Shu-Wu Collection, Hong Kong.
Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong.
Anthony Carter, London, 5 September 2006.
The LJZ Collection, United States.

Literature

J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p. 170, no. 144.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 204-5.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 90-91, no. 39.

Exhibited

New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Fall 1980.

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Lot Essay

Small vases of this shape with archaistic decoration were part of incense garnitures comprised of a covered censer, an incense box and a vase to hold the incense tools, such as chopsticks and a spatula to rake or smooth the bed of ashes in the censer. For two such green jade garnitures of 18^th century date that include a vase of this shape see Jade: Des Empereurs à l’Art Déco, Guimet Museum, Paris, 2016, p. 155, no. 132, and the garniture sold at Christie’s, New York, 14-15 September 2017, lot 1024.

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