A FINE AND RARE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

A FINE AND RARE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'LOTUS' INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QIANLONG 1736-95

The well-rounded sides rising to an inverted mouth, worked to the exterior with ten large petals enclosing stylised lotus sprays, the tips of the petals resting on the rim, with similar decoration to the domed cover, surmounted by a finial formed as a lotus flowerhead detailed with seven seeds, all raised on a short waisted foot, the stone of a dark green tone, 13.4cm dia. (2)

Provenance: formerly the collection of Mrs Christian R Holmes; then sold at the Parke-Bernet Galleries on 16th April 1942, lot 278; and then the Lawrence Collection of jades and hardstone carvings, purchased from Roger Keverne Limited on 25th October 2007. A copy of the Roger Keverne invoice is available.

Mrs Christian R Holmes was a noted American collector and philanthropist who died in 1941.

Published: R Keverne, Winter Exhibition 2009, pp.120-121, no.104.

Cf. J Li, Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages: Connoisseurship of Chinese Jades, vol.11, pp.164-165, no.82 and vol 12, pp.178-179, no.89, and also pp.212-215, nos.106 and 107 for comparable white lotus-shaped vessels in the collection of the Palace Museum.

清乾隆 碧玉雕折枝蓮紋蓋爐

來源：Christian R Holmes女士收藏，1942年4月15日於Parke-Bernet 畫廊售出，編號278，Holmes女士（逝於1941年），曾是美國著名收藏家及慈善家。

勞倫斯珍藏玉石， 2007年10月25日購於Roger Keverne古董店（附發票複印件）。