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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A CARVED AND PIERCED WHITE JADE MINIATURE TOOL VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A CARVED AND PIERCED WHITE JADE MINIATURE TOOL VASE
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of rectangular section, the vase is finely carved in high relief and openwork to depict a dense continuous landscape formed by jagged rocks, pine trees and a crane in flight. It is further detailed with a lone scholar in a pavilion, set on stilts beside a river bank, observing his companions walking in the far distance in a landscape scene. The vase is raised on four short splayed feet, fitting into a separately carved rectangular spinach-green jade stand with stylised C-scrolls forming the foot.
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) high with stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of rectangular section, the vase is finely carved in high relief and openwork to depict a dense continuous landscape formed by jagged rocks, pine trees and a crane in flight. It is further detailed with a lone scholar in a pavilion, set on stilts beside a river bank, observing his companions walking in the far distance in a landscape scene. The vase is raised on four short splayed feet, fitting into a separately carved rectangular spinach-green jade stand with stylised C-scrolls forming the foot.
3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) high with stand
Provenance
Peter Bufton, London
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 November 1987, lot 386
Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1514
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25 November 1987, lot 386
Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1514
Literature
R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 110
Exhibited
Christie's New York, March 13-16, 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003-December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003-December 2004
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Angela Kung
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