Lot 170. Coupe de mariage en jade blanc et rouille, Chine, Dynastie Qing, Epoque Qianlong (1736-1795). Hauteur : 8,5 cm ; Longueur : 26,6 cm. Vendu : 466 200 € (Estimation : 30 000 – 50 000 €). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 

Provenance: Previously from a private New England collection, USA.
Sotheby's New York, 29-30 November 1993, lot 22.

Note: 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.

Christie's. ART D'ASIE, Paris, 12 december 2023