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A SPINACH GREEN JADEITE GUI-FORM CENSER, LATE QING DYNASTY
Lot 457 - FAS1025
Expert’s note: Echoing bronze vessels of ancient periods, this jade censer is remarkable for how the lapidary skillfully utilized the mottled spinach-green stone with all its natural inclusions and veining. The result now bears a striking resemblance to the patina found on ancient bronze gui from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. What could be more fitting than using this rare material, with precisely these inclusions, to create a vessel inspired by those very bronzes?
China, 19th century. Finely carved in a deep, rounded gui form, raised on a flared foot and flanked by two upright rectangular handles. An archaistic band of Taotie encircles the exterior of the bowl, carved in deep relief. The semi-translucent stone is of a deep spinach green, flecked with dark specks, russet veins, and cloudy inclusions.
Provenance: By repute acquired by an American couple during the 1970s at Parke-Bernet, New York, and thence by descent. A European private collector, acquired from the above via the US trade.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear and minuscule nibbling. Natural fissures and inclusions.
Weight: 862 g (excl. base), 1,123 g (incl. base)
Dimensions: Width 22.2 cm, Height 10.7 cm (excl. base), 19 cm (incl. base)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 22 June 2021, lot 85
Price: USD 35,280 or approx. EUR 36,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of Writing
Description: An archaistic spinach-green jade gui-form censer, Qing Dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related archaistic gui form. Note the smaller size (15.5 cm width) and the different color of the jade.
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