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A LARGE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'CHAMPION' VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Description
- jade
Provenance
Christie's Hong Kong, 1st November 2004, lot 834.
Condition
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note
A similar vase and cover, but the cylinders carved under the rim with a band of raised studs, is illustrated in Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 73; one was sold in our London rooms, 20th November 1973, lot 71; another, with a Qianlong mark and of the period, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade, Qing Dynasty, vol. 10, Beijing, 2011, pl. 149; and a slightly larger example, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is published in S. Howard Hansford, Chinese Carved Jades, London, 1968, pl. 94.
Compare also vases of this form but of smaller size, such as one in the De An Tang collection, included in the exhibition A Romance with Jade, Palace Museum, Beijing, 2004, cat. no. 131; and another exhibited in Jade as Sculpture, Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, 1975, cat. no. 64.
‘Champion’ vases were made in a variety of media; for an example see a bronze vase attributed to the Song dynasty, illustrated in Paul Moss and Gerard Hawthorn, The Second Bronze Age. Later Chinese Metalwork, Sydney Moss Ltd., London, 1991, cat. no. 35; and a cloisonné enamel example from the Clague collection, included in the exhibition Chinese Cloisonné, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, 1980, cat. no. 39.