Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
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A RARE JADE-INLAID CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER WALL VASE QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
Auction Closed
November 4, 07:52 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
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PROPERTY FROM AN ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
亞洲私人收藏
A RARE JADE-INLAID CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER WALL VASE
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 剔紅雲龍戲珠紋嵌玉題詩轎瓶
the globular body rising to a tall flared neck, the lower body inlaid with a celadon jade panel inscribed with a twenty-eight character Imperial poem, the cinnabar lacquer body of the vase finely carved through with two ferocious five-clawed dragons in pursuit of a flaming pearl amidst scrolling clouds
Height 18 cm, 7 in.
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th April 2004, lot 19.
Wall vases were made mostly in porcelain and examples made in carved cinnabar lacquer are very rare. Compare an example carved with kui dragons and phoenix, inlaid with an elliptical celadon jade panel inscribed in gilt with an imperial poem, from the collection of Roger Keverne, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th October 2016, lot 21. Compare also cinnabar lacquer wall vases carved with various designs surrounding a reserve panel containing imperial inscriptions in gilt, such as one of double gourd form, sold in our New York rooms, 17th September 2016, lot 971; and another of baluster form, sold in Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot 112.