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A WHITE JADE 'ELEPHANT' VASE AND COVER, LATER QIANLONG TO JIAQING PERIOD
奥地利 北京时间
04月10日 下午5点 开拍 /6天6小时
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Expert's note: The elephant handles are not only exceptionally well carved but also translucent, allowing them to ''magically'' light up whenever sunlight passes through the jade. This stunning effect was undoubtedly intentional, achievable only through highly advanced skills and the expertise of a master lapidary—such as those who worked in the Imperial workshops of Suzhou.China, 1760-1820. Of flattened baluster form, raised on a short oval foot and rising to a waisted neck supporting two finely carved elephant-head handles, surmounted by a flaring mouth with a stepped lip. The cover is adorned with a finial in the form of a coiled dragon chasing a russet flaming pearl and a finely incised key-fret band to the edge. The body is left plain to enhance the natural beauty of the stone, the russet inclusion to the cover was cleverly picked out by the lapidary to delineate the magic pearl. Provenance: Collection of A. V. K. Murray, London, acquired between the 1950s and 1980s, and thence by direct descent. A. V. K. Murray was a British shipping executive in the firm of Maeken and MacKenzie, agents in Japan for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and natural imperfections such as fissures and inclusions, little nibbling to the rim of the cover and few minuscule losses to the finial.Weight: 460.3 gDimensions: Height 16.8 cmQing dynasty carvers understood that their craft was still second to nature in beauty and so highlighted the natural beauty of the stone by leaving the present vessel unadorned (save for the elephant handles), living up to the saying that jade is as pure as ice (yujie bingqing 玉潔冰清).The visual pun for elephant (xiang) together with the vase (ping) refers to taiping you xiang, meaning 'peaceful times'. See Terese Tse Barthomomew, Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art, San Francisco, 2006, pp. 237-238.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie's New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1470 Price: USD 182,500 or approx. EUR 248,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A small white jade flattened baluster vase and cover, 18th/19th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of carving, similarly left unadorned save for a pair of elephant handles. Note the smaller size (12 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 84 Price: HKD 525,000 or approx. EUR 70,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: A large pale celadon jade 'elephant' vase and cover, mark and period of QianlongExpert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving, and stone with similar color, minimalistic design, and elephant handles. Note the larger size (30.8 cm) and the reign mark.

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