Lot 10
  • 10

Vase archaïsant en jadéite translucide sculptée Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIE-XIXE siècle

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jadéite
de forme quadrangulaire, flanqué de deux anses ajourées en forme d'animal fabuleux, à décor de caractères shou et chauves-souris au-dessus de vagues et rochers, les bords soulignés de frises de grecques, socle en bois sculpté ; couvercle et partie de la base manquants

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co., Inc., New York, 3rd March 1941.

Exhibited

Special Exhibition of the Georges Estoppey Collection of Jade, Smithonian Institution, Washington D.C., 15th January-1st March 1942.

Condition

There are a few tiny nicks to the edges but overall the vase is in good condition. There was originally a lid and a separate lower base which are now missing (the vase originally came in three parts, the bottom probably fitting inside a jadeite base, now replaced with a wooden stand). The actual colour of the stone is a fraction darker and slightly yellower than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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