Lot 156
  • 156

Rare Vase en jade céladon pâle Dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jade, wood stand
sculpté et ajouré en forme de grande fleur de magnolia soutenue par des branches tortueuses chargées de fleurs et boutons, visitées par un couple d'oiseaux au plumage finement détaillé, la pierre de couleur uniforme à la patine satinée, une branche rehaussée d'inclusions rouille, socle en bois (2)

Provenance

Collection of Monsieur Tchao Itao, General Consul of China in France (active in Paris ca. 1919-1924).
Collection de Monsieur Tchao Itao, Ancien Consul Général de Chine, sold in Drouot, Paris, 16th April 1942, lot 98.
Acquired by the grandmother of the present owner.

Condition

There are overall small chips and fritts to the raised part of the carving. One and a half petals of one of the quatrefoil flowers is broken off and missing, there is a ca. 0.4 x 0.2 cm large chip to one of the curled petals of a magnolia bud. There are two ca. 0.5 x 0.4 cm shallow old chips to the edge of one of the petals of the large magnolia flower and a ca. 0.4 x 0.3cm shallow old chip to the edge of another petal. The stone is of a less yellow and darker celadon green colour with an area of russet white to one side of the carving. The stone is smoothly polished and translucent under light.
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