AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY |

supported on a short stem-foot encircled by a raised fillet, the body rising conically before sweeping in at the shoulder to a cylindrical neck and galleried rim, stylized 'cicada' pendants carved in low relief extending from the shoulder down the body, the neck, shoulder, and lower body each set with four beast-mask handles carved in high relief and suspending loose rings, the petal-fluted domed cover surmounted by a floriform knop, the pale green stone evenly suffused with icy white inclusions, wood stand (3)

The House of Jade, Ltd., New York.
Collection of Helen M. deKay.
Sotheby's New York, 8th December 1966, lot 43.

Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 212.

Overall in good condition with a few scattered nicks to the edges.
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Jade vases with multiple loose ring handles and archaistic designs, such as the present piece, proliferated during and after the Qianlong period. This can be traced to the Qianlong Emperor's fondness for innovative designs referencing archaic styles and the large quantities of jade newly available. Compare a white jade example formerly in the Manno Art Museum, Osaka, also with twelve loose rings but against a plain ground and with a pierced dragon finial, sold at Christie's London, 21st June 2001, lot 114, and again in their Hong Kong rooms, 1st November 2001, lot 1058.