A rare and fine pale green jade 'dragon' vase, hu


QianlongDeftly carved rising from a countersunk foot to a slightly everted rim, carved in high-relief with a three-clawed dragon encircling the neck above a slender body with a band of archaistic taotie masks between two further bands of ridges, the stone of a pale green tone and with minor opaque white inclusions, box. 23.8cm (9 1/3in) high. (2).
|清乾隆 青白玉雕仿古饕餮龍紋瓶Compare with a pale green jade 'dragon' vase, Qing dynasty, similarly decorated with a sinuous dragon coiling around the vessel, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.41. See another related example of a pale green jade 'dragon' vase, which was sold at Bonhams San Francisco, 10 December 2015, lot 8049.青白玉質，瓶身呈扁方形，仿自春秋時期青銅壺或青銅鈁，尖唇，侈口，束頸，胸腹微鼓，下收秀麗，瓶底內收形成圈足，頸部鏤空雕蟠龍一條，龍鬚上下翻飛，龍角後伏，四肢攀附瓶身，三爪，胸部減地浮雕仿古獸面紋一周，餘身光素，打磨細膩，寶光含蓄。北京故宮藏一件清代青玉龍戲珠瓶，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇10》，北京，2011年，編號41。另可參考一件清代青玉雕龍戲珠瓶，2015年12月10日售於三藩市邦瀚斯，拍品編號8049。