Lot 178: AN ARCHAISTIC JADE VASE & A JADE TIGER Late Qing Dynasty

AN ARCHAISTIC JADE VASE & A JADE TIGER

Late Qing Dynasty

The vase of flattened pear shape rising from the short foot to a long flaring neck with a pair of square handles, the mouth rim incised with a band of keyfret pattern, the sides carved with a cartouche of
chi dragon, the gray stone polished smooth and stained black in areas; the tiger in a recumbent pose facing forward, the rounded head with large eyes and thick brows, ears back with a grim on the face, the tail raised and curled in an 'S' shape, the stone highly polished and mottled gray and green in areas. (2)


Vase: 7 1/2in (19.1cm) high;
Tiger: 4 7/8in (12.4cm) long

PLEASE NOTE: This report describes, but may not be limited to, major condition issues for the lot.







Minor surface pitting and wear. Stones altered to induce colors and textures for the appearance of antiquity. Old chips to extremities, most significantly a break to the corner of the foot on the vase, approx. 2.5cm wide.

清末 灰玉開光仿古魑龍紋雙耳瓶 灰玉仿古瑞虎 共兩件



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Provenance:

Yamanaka & Company, New York

Gift of Samuel T. Peters, 1913

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1913-present




來源：

紐約山中商會

Samuel T. Peters 1913 年贈

大都會藝術博物館，1913 年迄今



The present vase compares closely to the jade
fanghu in the Brundage Collection, with similar profile and proportion, the stone surface and vein lines also stained black to enhance the appearance of antiquity, illustrated by Knight, Li and Tse Bartholomew,
Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2007, p. 158, no. 140, attributed to the late 18th-early 19th century.



A jade carving of
Qilin of closely related form and style, in the collection of the British Museum, is illustrated on the museum's website, number 1981.1005.5.a, attributed to Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century.

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