A LARGE WELL-CARVED WHITE AND BROWNISH-WHITE JADE RHYTON
MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
A LARGE WELL-CARVED WHITE AND BROWNISH-WHITE JADE RHYTON MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-19TH CENTURY The deep sides are well carved with bands of archaistic decoration and the vessel is shown as if issuing from the jaws of a dragon-carp, its twisted, bifurcated tail forming a handle to one side through which slithers one of the five chilong seen crawling around the sides, with the three largest having reached the rim. A nine-character inscription, Daoguang xinmao yuci tingchen yan , which may be translated as, 'A gift presented by (Emperor) Daoguang at a banquet held for court officials in the xinmao year (1831)', is carved below the rim on the interior. The semi-translucent stone shades from white to various shades of grey or brownish-white. Together with Connoisseur , August, 1987, vol. 217, no. 907, and Arts of Asia , Hong Kong, September-October 1987. 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, box
A LARGE WELL-CARVED WHITE AND BROWNISH-WHITE JADE RHYTON
MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
A LARGE WELL-CARVED WHITE AND BROWNISH-WHITE JADE RHYTON MING-QING DYNASTY, 16TH-19TH CENTURY The deep sides are well carved with bands of archaistic decoration and the vessel is shown as if issuing from the jaws of a dragon-carp, its twisted, bifurcated tail forming a handle to one side through which slithers one of the five chilong seen crawling around the sides, with the three largest having reached the rim. A nine-character inscription, Daoguang xinmao yuci tingchen yan , which may be translated as, 'A gift presented by (Emperor) Daoguang at a banquet held for court officials in the xinmao year (1831)', is carved below the rim on the interior. The semi-translucent stone shades from white to various shades of grey or brownish-white. Together with Connoisseur , August, 1987, vol. 217, no. 907, and Arts of Asia , Hong Kong, September-October 1987. 8 ½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, box
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