A pale celadon jade flattened baluster vase and cover 18th/19th century
A pale green jade flattened baluster vase and cover
18th/19th century
The body carved in crisp shallow relief on both sides with a shou-character cartouche above two confronted archaistic horned animals in profile, a band of stiff lappets at the lower part repeated on the spreading separate foot, the domed cover with a bossed hollow finial.
20cm (7 7/8in) high
Sold for £18,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: acquired from Maple & Co, Ltd., London, on 23 March 1968 for £110.
    An English private collection, and thence by descent.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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