A LARGE AND RARE CELADON JADE FOOD VESSEL, GUI, QING DYNASTYChina, Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). Masterfully crafted to resemble a Western Zhou Dynasty bronze vessel, demonstrating superior levels of craftsmanship quality achieved through meticulous manual carving and chiseling techniques, with no modern tool marks. Of compressed globular form, rising from a ring foot, the shoulders set with a pair of curved loop handles, the domed cover surmounted by a stepped finial. The exterior carved in relief with concentric ridges and fine archaistic scroll motifs. The semi-translucent stone of a deep celadon tone with extensive opaque brown surface alterations.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, few natural fissures and minuscule nibbling here and there. The rims with very few small nicks. Provenance: Estate of Wolfgang Zacke (1942-2022), co-founder of Galerie Zacke, thence by descent. Acquired in the Hong Kong antiques market in the early 1990s.Weight: 1595 g Dimensions: Height 15 cm, diameter 27 cm (handle to handle)Auction result comparison: Compare to two models of jade censers, gui, also carved to resemble archaistic bronze vessels at Bonhams Hong Kong, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 30 May 2017, lot 105, sold for HKD 375,000, and Sotheby´s New York, The Hundred Antiques: Fine & Decorative Asian Art on 22 June 2021, lot 85, sold for 35,280 USD.