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18TH CENTURY
Details
A SPINACH JADE TWIN-HANDLED VASE AND COVER AND STAND
18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated with two loose-ring elephant-head handles and a leaf band to the neck, the body is carved in relief with leafy stylised lotus. The rim and foot are incised with a squared scroll band. The cover is similarly decorated and is surmounted by a lotus flower finial. The stand is carved with a foliate openwork band on ruyi-head feet, and a further openwork kui-dragon roundel to the upper face. The stone is of a green tone with a few white and darker inclusions.
10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) high overall
18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated with two loose-ring elephant-head handles and a leaf band to the neck, the body is carved in relief with leafy stylised lotus. The rim and foot are incised with a squared scroll band. The cover is similarly decorated and is surmounted by a lotus flower finial. The stand is carved with a foliate openwork band on ruyi-head feet, and a further openwork kui-dragon roundel to the upper face. The stone is of a green tone with a few white and darker inclusions.
10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Formally from a private American East Coast collection.
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