Chinese
Pair of Chinese Gilt Painted Celadon Jade ‘Mythical Beast’ Bowls, Qianlong Mark and Probably of the Period (1736 - 1795)
jade
1 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in, 4.1 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CAD
Sold for: $31,250
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Purchased in Vancouver, 1975
From the Cruchley Collection, Vancouver
Each raised on a short foot with rounded sides and rising to a short flaring rim, all covered in gilt painted design, the interior decorated with florals including lotus and scrolling vines, the sides decorated with four cartouches containing alternation fu-lions and qilins, all on a hexagonal brocade pattern below a band of ruyi fungus, the foot with lotus petals, and the base with a four-character Qianlong mark within a double square. The stone of a celadon tone.
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