Description
A rare Chinese pale celadon jade perfume holder, Qianlong 1736-95. The reticulated cylindrical body with green jade fittings to each end, the body deeply carved with two small figures walking in a mountainous rocky landscape, with a further figure beneath a pine tree and a pagoda to the reverse, the borders with key fret bands, 19cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, purchased Godmersham Park sale, Christie's 1983, lot 506.
Cf. M Wilson, Chinese Jades, p.54 for a similar example and also, H K F Hui and T Y Pang, Virtuous Treasures, p.125; and The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, No.42, Jadeware III, pp.46-49.
