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A rare and fine white jade flattened baluster vase and cover 18th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £580,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare and fine white jade flattened baluster vase and cover
18th century
The even almost flawless stone superbly hollowed in the form of a flattened baluster vase rising from a recessed foot to broad shoulders, carved around the body in high relief with five bats in flight, the three on the principal side each suspending ribboned auspicious emblems from their mouths, the endless knot, a pair of fish, and a ruyi sceptre, the two on the reverse similarly clasping fruiting sprigs, the tall neck set to either side with lingzhi handles, the domed cover surmounted by a chilong finial. 21.3cm (8¼in) high (2).
The even almost flawless stone superbly hollowed in the form of a flattened baluster vase rising from a recessed foot to broad shoulders, carved around the body in high relief with five bats in flight, the three on the principal side each suspending ribboned auspicious emblems from their mouths, the endless knot, a pair of fish, and a ruyi sceptre, the two on the reverse similarly clasping fruiting sprigs, the tall neck set to either side with lingzhi handles, the domed cover surmounted by a chilong finial. 21.3cm (8¼in) high (2).
Footnotes
Provenance: Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London
Compare a white jade baluster vase, dated to the Qianlong period, carved in low relief with a single bat grasping a chime stone and twin fish from its mouth, illustrated by Yang Boda ed. Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, fig.57.


