Product Description

18C MUSEUM QUALITY CHINESE QIANLONG WHITE JADE DRAGON JAR WITH LID.

AGE : QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOUD (1736-95).

THE QUALITY OF THE CARVING IS EXECUTED WITH UTMOST CARE IN KEEPING A UNIFORM THIN OVERALL THICKNESS OF THE VESSEL. IT EXPRESS A BEAUTIFUL AND RARE WORK OF THE QIANLONG PERIOD IMPERIAL FACTORY’S JADE CARVER’S ART. THIS TYPE OF JADE OBJECTS DO NOT COME OFTEN. PROBABLY CREATED FROM A PROVINCIAL IMPERIAL JADE WORK SHOP AND MOST ANCIENT SPECIMENS OF THIS QUALITY ARE EITHER IN MUSEUMS OR PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

MOST OF ALL KNOWN DRAGON OBJECTS WAS USED AS THE SYMBOL OF THE EMPEROR AND A DRAGON IN FULL FRONTAL FACE VIEW IS SINGULARLY RESERVED AS A SYMBOL FOR THE EMPEROR. ALL MEMBERS OF THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD USED DRAGONS IN SOME COLOR OR POSITION AS THEIR SYMBOLS, AS THEIR RANK PERMITTED.

CONDITION : GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME CRACKS, CHIPPING/WORN-OUTS ETC. EXHIBITS A WONDERFUL ANCIENT PATINA. PLEASE VIEW THE PHOTO CAREFULLY FOR THE CONDITION.

SIZE: 14 CM HIGH, 12.5 CM WIDE.

WOODEN STAND NOT INCLUDED,

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