Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC YELLOWISH-GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, YUE
QING DYNASTY

The blade carved in low relief with a taotie mask frieze above a band of geometric lappets and with the hallmark Xing You Heng Tang, all surmounted by two kui-dragons above further taotie masks, 13cm.

The hall Xing You Heng Tang is known to have been the residence of the Manchu official Zai Quan, one of the great grandsons of the Qianlong Emperor. Zai Quan was a famous collector of works of art during the Daoguang and early Xianfeng periods before his death in 1854. Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Yixing Ware, pp.94-95, no.70 for an Yixing teapot incised with this hallmark and p.171, no.139 and p.188, no.154 for a Daoguang vase and bowl also with this mark.

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