A WHITE JADE 'CHILONG' HANGING VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY |

the flattened pear-shaped body rising from a flared foot to an everted rim, flanked by a pair of dragon handles suspending loose rings extended to form a chained handle, the exterior worked in high relief with five clambering chilongs, surmounted by a domed cover with a finial formed from intertwining chilongs with lingzhi sprigs in their mouths, the stone of an even white tone

Sotheby’s New York, 27th/28th April 1967, lot 88.

A hanging vase with chilong attributed to the Qianlong period, was sold in these rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 3099. Compare also a 19th-century example carved with a chilong on the body and attached by a chain to a further chilong on its cover, sold in our London rooms, 7th December 1993, lot 106.