細節 VASE COUVERT EN JADE JAUNECHINE, DYNASTIE QING, ÉPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)De forme balustre, sa panse est ornée dun décor de cordages en léger relief et son couvercle dun animal fabuleux couché. Il est flanqué de deux anses latérales en forme de tête déléphant retenant des anneaux mobiles.Hauteur : 17 cm. (6 3/4 in.), socle en zitan inscrusté dargent 來源 Acquired by the father of V.W.S. (1890-1977) in China in the 1930s.The V.W.S. (1918-1974) Collection (inventory number VWS 66). 拍品專文 A YELLOW JADE VASE AND COVERCHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)来源: The raised rope twist pattern seen on the archaic examples was originally intended to imitate the use of rope to carry vessels traditionally used by Chinas northern nomadic people. An example of a bronze hu-form wine vessel with raised rope-twist pattern, excavated from a Warring States period tomb at Mujiazhuang in Pingshan, Hebei province is illustrated in Warring States Treasures: Cultural Relics form the State of Zhongshan, Hebei Province, Hong Kong, 1999, pp. 144-145, no. 56. Compare also to another bronze hu with similar decoration dated to the Han dynasty, illustrated in Xiqing gujian, juan 21.This design was much appreciated by the Qianlong emperor, see a rope-decorated hu-shaped celadon and russet jade vase, in the Collection of the Palace Museum of Beijing, is illustrated in, Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum, Hong Kong 1995, p. 175, no. 143.