清十八世紀 青白玉雕游龍戲珠紋觚

The present vase, like many fine eighteenth century jade carvings, takes its basic form from archaic bronze ritual wine vessels of the Shang period. A few other known examples with similar faceted sides set at an angle are published, including two vases from The Woolf Collection, both dated to the Qianlong period (1736-1795), illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, London, 2013, pp. 108-109, nos. 26 and 27.
See, also, a related eighteenth century white jade vase of the same form, carved in relief with a dragon and chilong, illustrated by Robert Kleiner in Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 145, and subsequently sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1546. Another similar vase was sold at Christie's, Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3598.