ID 807370
Lot 722 | A VERY RARE IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED GREY, RUSSET AND BLACK JADE RHYTON, GONG
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
THE JADE QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) OR EARLIER; THE INSCRIPTION INCORPORATING A CYCLICAL DATE, JIYOU, CORRESPONDING TO 1789 AND OF THE PERIOD
The exterior is carved in relief with archaistic motifs including an elaborate winged taotie below bands of 'C'-scrolls, rope-twist and key-fret pattern. The interior of the rim is incised with an eight-line poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor dated to the jiyou year, corresponding to 1789, followed by two seals. The stone is of a pale grey color with opaque russet and black markings.
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high, metal stand
Provenance
The Gerald Godfrey Collection.
The Gerald Godfrey Private Collection of Fine Chinese Jades; Christie's Hong Kong, 30 October 1995, lot 905.
Literature
C. W. Kelley, Stones of Virtue: Chinese Jades from the Gerald Godfrey Collection, Dayton, 1989, p. 47, no. 238.
Exhibited
San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, 1986.
Dayton, The Dayton Art Institute, January 1989.
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, 1990-1991.
Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 1995-2022.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Qing Dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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