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拍品专文
Marriage bowls were often presented to couples as wedding gifts, symbolising the joyful union of husband and wife. The finely carved archaistic winged dragons convey a sense of strength and power.
Compare to similar slightly larger white jade marriage bowls with winged dragon handles and ruyi-form feet, one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, 2010, another at Christies Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3959, and a further bowl carved to the interior with chrysanthemum sold at Christie’s London, 10 November 2015, lot 88.
Refer also to a marriage bowl decorated to the exterior with lotus illustrated in Li Jiufang, Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji: Qing,
vol. 6, Hebei, 1991, p. 215, pl. 314-315.
Compare to similar slightly larger white jade marriage bowls with winged dragon handles and ruyi-form feet, one sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, 2010, another at Christies Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 3959, and a further bowl carved to the interior with chrysanthemum sold at Christie’s London, 10 November 2015, lot 88.
Refer also to a marriage bowl decorated to the exterior with lotus illustrated in Li Jiufang, Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji: Qing,
vol. 6, Hebei, 1991, p. 215, pl. 314-315.