A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE 'ZODIAC ANIMAL' MARRIAGE BOWL AND COVER
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE 'ZODIAC ANIMAL' MARRIAGE BOWL AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The compressed globular body supported on three low animal mask feet, finely carved in deep relief around the sides with four panels depicting the twelve zodiac animals seated within grottos in groups of three or four, each holding their respective attribute, the rat with a scroll, the tiger with a basket, the rabbit with a fan, the dragon with a pearl, the snake with a forked tongue, the horse with a court fan, the ram with a scroll, the monkey with a cane, the rooster with a yinyang symbol, the dog with a tasselled stick and the pig with an arrow, all divided by four symmetrical bat handles suspending loose rings, the domed cover similarly divided and carved in low relief with four shaped panels bordered by ribbons enclosing double happiness, xi characters, divided by four further bat handles suspending smaller loose rings alternating with four flowerheads below a central elaborate squared lotus flower finial 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE 'ZODIAC ANIMAL' MARRIAGE BOWL AND COVER
A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE 'ZODIAC ANIMAL' MARRIAGE BOWL AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The compressed globular body supported on three low animal mask feet, finely carved in deep relief around the sides with four panels depicting the twelve zodiac animals seated within grottos in groups of three or four, each holding their respective attribute, the rat with a scroll, the tiger with a basket, the rabbit with a fan, the dragon with a pearl, the snake with a forked tongue, the horse with a court fan, the ram with a scroll, the monkey with a cane, the rooster with a yinyang symbol, the dog with a tasselled stick and the pig with an arrow, all divided by four symmetrical bat handles suspending loose rings, the domed cover similarly divided and carved in low relief with four shaped panels bordered by ribbons enclosing double happiness, xi characters, divided by four further bat handles suspending smaller loose rings alternating with four flowerheads below a central elaborate squared lotus flower finial 8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide
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