THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. A Fine Chinese White Jade Conjoined Vase and Cover Qing Dynasty Qianlong...

THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT. A Fine Chinese White Jade Conjoined Vase and Cover Qing Dynasty Qianlong Period 1736-95 19cm high, 23.5cm overall. Together with a hardwood stand. Formed from a single white stone as two square sections with vertical ribs to the body, joined by four reticulated plaques, and with four loose ring handles suspended from butterflies, the cover with a handle around which a sinuous dragon coils as it holds a lingzhi in its jaws, the cover bears a paper exhibition label. The hardwood stand carved with lingzhi fungus and raised on four feet. (3) Provenance Hinton Daniell Stewart (1835-1926) of Strathgarry, Perthshire, and thence by descent. Hinton Stewart went to China as a young man and is believed to have acquired this piece on his return to the UK in the 1880s. He founded the firm of Stewart Thompson and Sons, Manchester Cotton Merchants. Exhibited 11th May 1886, on loan by D J Kay.

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