A MUGHAL-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE VASE AND COVER Qianlong/Jiaqing (2)

A MUGHAL-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE VASE AND COVER Qianlong/Jiaqing Of oblong octagonal baluster shape, supported on a spreading stepped foot, with two raised bands above a band of pendent ruyi heads, the body decorated with a lotus flower to the two wider faces borne on a leafy stem, and framed by borders highlighted by leafy lappets, the narrower faces similarly decorated but with lotus flower heads along the edges, the shoulders with an upright lotus flower and set on either side with a rectilinear scrolling kui dragon handle, the neck with a band of ruyi heads below the wide rim, the band repeated on the cover, below a square form finial surmounted by a cabochon garnet of lustrous purple, the inside well hollowed, a paper label to the base inscribed '28, loan: Lady Delamere'. 22.9cm (9in) high. (2). Footnotes: 清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉痕都斯坦式蓮紋蓋瓶 Provenance: Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel (1852-1921) Ruth Mary Clarisse Cholmondeley, Baroness Delamere (1906-1986) A British private collection Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London 來源： Ernest Joseph Cassel爵士 (1852-1921) Ruth Mary Clarisse Cholmondeley，Delamere 男爵夫人 (1906-1986) 英國私人收藏 倫敦古董商Ben Janssens Oriental Art Exhibited: The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, 1961-1998, loan no.28-1961 展覽： 菲茨威廉博物館，劍橋，英格蘭，1961-1998年，借展編號28-1961 Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1852-1921), a German Jew, arrived in the UK in 1869, and quickly rose in the banking industry to become one of the wealthiest men in England. He befriended King Edward VII, Herbert Asquith and Winston Churchill. His philanthropic activities included education, hospitals and the donations to the British Red Cross. In 1911 he built and endowed an Anglo-German Institute in memory of King Edward VII. Cassel owned many properties and an extensive art collection which was inherited by Cassel's two granddaughters, Lady Delamere and Edwina Mountbatten. The present lot was inherited by Lady Delamere. The paleness and hollowing of the stone, the low relief decoration and the garnet inserted in the finial are all strong signs of Mughal inspiration on the Chinese artisans who crafted the shape and decoration of this beautiful vase. It has been established that Mughal and Mughal-style jades were one of the great passions of the Qianlong Emperor. During his long reign he was an ardent patron and collector, building up an unrivalled collection of antique and contemporary works in this much revered material. Qianlong greatly admired archaic Chinese jades, but the contemporary jades for which he reserved his greatest praise were not in traditional Chinese style, but those he termed 'Hindustan' jades. The Qianlong Emperor was so entranced by these 'Mughal' jades that he commissioned lapidaries working for the Chinese court to make jade items in Mughal style. From as early as 1764, jade carvers were ordered specifically by Qianlong to make exact copies of these foreign jades, or to produce Chinese objects in Mughal style, as in the case of the present vase which encompasses both Mughal and Chinese design elements. For a vase with related incised patterns, see Christie's Hong Kong, 30 Oct 2001, lot 712. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing