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THBChinese Qing Jade Lidded Vase on Carved Wood Stand
Lot 64b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
East Asia, China, Qing Dynasty, ca. 18th to 19th century CE. An exquisite lidded vase, finely carved from jadeite of beautiful verdant hues ranging from nearly white to seafoam and emerald green with contrasting umber inclusions, all upon an openwork wooden pedestal base. The vessel presents an elegant curvaceous form and captivating iconography that includes a lotus bud finial, bas relief leaf motifs, and a lower border featuring a maze-like meander on the lid. The vessel below has a matching meander border, twin horned zoomorphic handles that perhaps represent goats or oxen of the Chinese zodiac, and additional leaf motifs adorning the neck. Just below the shoulder, on both the front and back of the vessel are quixotic archaic type visages - perhaps variants of the taotie mask - and at the lower end is a decorative band somewhat reminiscent of egg-and-dart patterns. A stunning urn with an attractive form and wondrous decorative program. Size: 7.875" H (20 cm); 9.5" H (24.1 cm) on included custom stand.
Chinese art has incorporated jade since the Neolithic period; quarries for nephrite, one species of jade, have been found in modern-day southern Mongolia that date to ca. 4000 BCE, and jadeite imported from Burma (modern day Myanmar) has also been coveted. The stone was prized for its hardness, its beautiful coloration, and its durability. By the third millennium BCE, we know that jade had also come to be associated with immortality. Jade was used to make a vast range of objects, from everyday household objects and decorative arts to the ceremonial suits in which Han dynasty emperors were buried – with the belief that jade would preserve the body and the soul for eternity.
Provenance: private Los Angeles County, California, USA collection, acquired by descent from the owner's father, collection amassed between 1950-1990
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#136525Minute nicks to tip of lotus on lid and interior peripheries of lid and rim of vessel. Vessel is attached to stand. Overall excellent.Condition
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