A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC `CICADA` INCENSE TOOL VASE

Lot 834
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Lot 834 | A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC 'CICADA' INCENSE TOOL VASE
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$ 30 000 – 50 000
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC 'CICADA' INCENSE TOOL VASE

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The vase of quatrefoil section is decorated on the elongated neck and lobed body with bands of stylized cicadas. Ruyi heads encircle the top of the mouth and the lower body above the tall foot. The stone is of an even, pale greenish-white tone.

4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high





Provenance

T'ing-sung Shu-Wu Collection, Hong Kong.

Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong.

Anthony Carter, London, 5 September 2006.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p. 170, no. 144.

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 204-5.

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 90-91, no. 39.



Exhibited

New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Fall 1980.
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