A JADEITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
China, 1860-1940. Of flattened form, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of lion-head handles suspending loose rings, the cover surmounted by a roaring lion and carved with a frieze of blossoming peony flowers. The exterior carved to one side in low relief with a bird perched on a leafy blossoming peony branch amid craggy rockwork, the other side similarly carved with a bird in flight. The partly translucent stone of a pale apple-green color with faint lavender hues and russet patches and veins.


Provenance:
Swiss trade.

Condition:
Very good condition with minor wear, few minuscule nicks here and there. Natural inclusions.

Weight: 1001 g
Dimensions: Height 24.5 cm


Auction result comparison:

Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 17 September 2016, lot 1099
Price: USD 30,000 or approx.
EUR 35,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A jadeite vase and cover, late Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and similar low-relief carving.


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s London, 12 May 2021, lot 129
Price: GBP 22,680 or approx.
EUR 32,500
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pair of jadeite vases and covers, Qing dynasty, 19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form. Note the size (17.5 cm).




清末民初翡翠花鳥紋蓋瓶


中國，1860-1940年。由一整塊翡翠精雕而成，器身呈扁平狀，壺蓋上有獅鈕，肩部雙耳活環，素面無紋；瓶身兩面分別浮雕喜上眉梢圖與鳳穿牡丹圖。翡翠呈細膩的蘋果綠色和淡紫色調，局部輕微灰色內沁和黃褐色脈理。


來源：
瑞士古玩交易。

品相：
狀況極好，有輕微磨損，局部有一些微小的劃痕。天然內沁。

重量：1001 克
尺寸：高 24.5 釐米


拍賣結果比較：

形制：相近
拍賣：紐約蘇富比，2016年9月17日，lot 1099
價格：USD 30,000（相當於今日
EUR 35,000
）
描述：清末翠玉雕百鳥朝鳳圖獅耳活環套鏈蓋瓶
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和相似的淺浮雕。


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2021年5月12日，lot 129
價格：GBP 22,680（相當於今日
EUR 32,500
）
描述：清十九世紀翠玉饕餮紋象耳活環蓋瓶一對
專家評論：比較非常相近的外形。請注意尺寸(17.5 厘米)。