Auction - Rare jades at Bohmans in May

Bonhams fine Chinese Art Sale on May 13 in London will feature a large collection of jades. Asaph Hyman, Senior Chinese Art Specialist at Bonhams says that some of the pieces are comparable or identical similar to pieces that are housed in the Palace museum Beijing and represent a once in a lifetime opportunity for jade enthusiasts to buy the very best of their kind. One of these works, a large white jade 'lotus' vessel is dated from
Qianlong/Jiaqing period. The white stone was worked in the form of a large lotus leaf with undulating petals forming the deep vessel, its stem intertwining with further stems issuing lotus leaves and blooms to form the base of the vessel and rising up one of the sides to form a handle.This compares to a related large white jade lotus receptacle from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), the auction house said.