Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 66
A CHINESE IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE ZHADOU AND COVER
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £6500
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Description
A CHINESE IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE ZHADOU AND COVER
QIANLONG 1736-95
The straight sides and domed cover carved in low relief with shuangxi characters, the flat everted rim shaped as a flowerhead, decorated with five bats in flight amongst chrysanthemum sprays, all surmounted by a compressed finial worked as a shou medallion encircled by ruyi-heads, the dark green stone with black specks and pale inclusions, with paper labels for Marchant, 13.5cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly an American private collection, New York; purchased from Marchant on 20th October 2004.
Cf. Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol.10, p.258, no.206 for a similarly formed jade spittoon and cover.