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A white jade 'dragon' vase and cover 18th century image 1
A white jade 'dragon' vase and cover 18th century image 2
Lot 248

4 December 2008, 12:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A white jade 'dragon' vase and cover

18th century
The body of flattened baluster form, fashioned with a dragon entwined around its shoulder, spewing a stream of water from its mouth, the base of the vessel surrounded by craggy rocks emerging from the sea, the dragon's flaming pearl supported on swirling clouds rising from the waters, further clouds rising up along the sides of the vase to envelop the dragon's body, the domical cover surmounted by a compressed bud finial, the white stone with a slight yellow tinge, the russet markings cleverly incorporated to give added interest into the design, reticulated wood stand carved in the form of the 'three friends of winter' and lingzhi fungus.
23cm (9in) high. (3).

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Provenance:
Louis Joseph, London, 12 December 1960

十八世紀 白玉祥龍吐珠蓋瓶

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