A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL CARVED BAMBOO HANGING VASE AND COVER

A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL CARVED BAMBOO HANGING VASE AND COVER
QIANLONG 1736-95

Of flattened form, carved on either side with a sinuous kui dragon amongst reticulated scrolling foliage, the shoulders set with handles holding chain links, all suspended from a wood frame, and with a silk stand, the vase 25cm, 41.5cm overall. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent. Formerly on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Grice loan number 19.

Literature: J H W Grice, “Chinese Bamboo Carvings”, Country Life, 6th May 1954, pp. 1402-1404.

For a closely related bamboo hanging vase and cover from the Qing Palace Collection, see the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 40 p.69, no.62

清乾隆 竹鏤雕夔龍紋吊瓶
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。本拍品曾於倫敦維多利亞及阿爾伯特博物館展出，編號19。
出版：J H W Grice, “Chinese Bamboo Carvings”, Country Life, 1954年5月6日, pp. 1402-1404.