A rare jade-inlaid carved cinnabar lacquer wall vase, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 剔紅雲龍戲珠紋嵌玉題詩轎瓶

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 25th April 2004, lot 19.

香港蘇富比，2004年4月25日，編號19

Wall vases were made mostly in porcelain and examples made in carved cinnabar lacquer are very rare. Compare an example carved with kui dragons and phoenix, inlaid with an elliptical celadon jade panel inscribed in gilt with an imperial poem, from the collection of Roger Keverne, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 5th October 2016, lot 21. Compare also cinnabar lacquer wall vases carved with various designs surrounding a reserve panel containing imperial inscriptions in gilt, such as one of double gourd form, sold in our New York rooms, 17th September 2016, lot 971; and another of baluster form, sold in Christie’s London, 15th May 2007, lot 112.