A CELADON JADE ‘BOY AND CHILONG’ VASE AND COVER, LATE QING TO REPUBLIC PERIOD
China, 1850-1950. The baluster body is supported on a short foot and rising to a waisted neck with a galleried rim incised with a hatched band repeated on the cover, which is surmounted by an oval knop finial. The neck with a pair of scroll form handles. The exterior deftly carved in openwork with a boy holding a long furcated lotus stem with a blossom and furled leaf, a chilong prancing behind the body. The other side of the vase similarly carved with lingzhi sprigs. All supported on a craggy rockwork base neatly incised to the underside to delineate natural ‘fissures’.

The translucent, smoothly polished stone is of a quite pure celadon tone with minute dark specs, icy and pale russet veins, and cloudy inclusions.


Provenance
: French trade.

Condition
: Good condition with minor old wear and minuscule nibbles here and there. The stone with several natural imperfections, some of which have smoothened over time, as well as natural inclusions and fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks.

Weight: 482.8 g
Dimensions: Height 12.5 cm, Width 11.4 cm

With a fitted wood stand, finely carved with scroll designs, dating from the same period. (2)


Auction result comparison:

Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26 May 2021, lot 557
Price: HKD 88,200 or approx.
EUR 11,000
converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A celadon and russet jade 'longevity' vase and cover, Qing dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form of the vase with similar scrolling handles and cover; modeling with similarly carved boy and rockwork; and manner of carving with similar openwork. Note the more extensive russet shading to the stone, particularly to the reverse. Note the size (13.7 cm).




清末民初青玉童子螭龍蓋瓶

中國，1850-1950年。雙耳蓋瓶，圓蓋鈕。青玉蓋瓶一側高浮雕瓶旁一個童子戯蓮，胖乎乎的童子，生動可愛；另一側雕一螭龍附於瓶壁，遒勁有力，動感十足。材質純淨，半透明，表面光滑，微小的深色斑點。淺黃褐色的紋理以及絮狀物。


來源：
法國古玩交易。

品相：
狀況良好，有輕微磨損，多處微小的磕損，白玉天然紋，有一些隨著時間的推移而變得光滑，以及天然內沁和裂縫，其中一些可能發展成細小的裂紋。

重量：482.8 克
尺寸：高12.5 厘米, 寬 11.4 厘米

同期鏤空雕刻木架，如意足。(2)


拍賣結果比較：

形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比，2021年5月26日，lot 557
價格：HKD 88,200（相當於今日
EUR 11,000
）
描述：清青白玉浮雕福壽如意蓋瓶
專家評論：比較非常相近的瓶外形，相似的耳和蓋、童子和山石鏤空雕刻。請注意玉石上有更廣泛的黃褐色陰影，尤其是背面。請注意尺寸 (13.7厘米)。