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Spinach-Green Jade JUE with Stand, Qianlong Mark and Period

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:14,000.00 EUR Estimated At:22,400.00 - 28,000.00 EUR
Spinach-Green Jade JUE with Stand, Qianlong Mark and Period
Spinach-green jade
China, Qianlong mark and period
Two-piece carving inspired by archaic bronze vessels
The JUE with three tapered legs, a handle on one side and flared rim
The stand in the form of a saucer on four flat feet with central conical elevation, in which the JUE is fitting perfectly
Both parts with rich archaistic relief decoration, partly on finely-worked leiwen ground
arving of exceptionally high quality
The stone of an intense, bright green color
Stand with four-character Qianlong mark on the base
Literature: J.C.S. Lin, The Immortal Stone – Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century, London 2009, p. 88
Height: 14 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Private collection, Bilbao

Jade carvings in the form of archaic JUE vessels belong to a small, select group, which imitates ritual bronzes in jade. Emperor Qianlong was an admirer of the ancient cultures and their crafts. Hence he suggested that contemporary jade carvers seek their inspiration in the models of antiquity. This return to a foregone aesthetic celebrates the simplicity and subtle grandeur of the artifacts from the Chinese Bronze Age. (Cf. L.Chang, The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, National Palace Museum, Taipei 1997, pp.49-50)

These rare objects are often preserved without a stand, a fact which singles out the present lot even further. Compare a virtually identical JUE with stand in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Another JUE with stand, made of white jade however, is held in the Palace Museum in Beijing. Both JUEs from the imperial collection bear the four character Qianlong mark – as does the piece presented here. The stand of all three JUEs, whose conical center section is decorated with a fine relief of waves breaking against rocks, is to be interpreted as an allegorical pun. In this context the JUE sits ‘above the four seas’ – a symbol of the emperor. Further compare a well-known pair of Jade JUEs in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, formerly from the Percival David Collection and previously in the imperial collection.

Literature: J.C.S. Lin, The Immortal Stone – Chinese Jades from the Neolithic Period to the Twentieth Century, London 2009, p. 88.



JUE

The JUE is a Chinese bronze vessel on three legs. Ritual vessels of this kind were used during the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties to heat wine and other alcoholic beverages over a fire. They were mostly used in temples as altar vessels and were adorned with elaborate archaic decorations.



Condition: The JUE is in good condition with minor signs of wear. The total height including the stand is 14 cm. The stand has a diameter of 14 cm.
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