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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR
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A JADE AND HARDSTONE-
EMBELLISHED SILVER-MOUNTED
HANGING VASE AND COVER WITH
SUSPENSION STAND
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The ovoid-form vase is cast as a recumbent Buddhist
lion supporting a vase on its back with a pair of dragon
head handles bearing loose rings on each side. Another
pair of ring handles on the shoulders, connected
with jade rings surmounted by a small bat, form loop
terminals of a chime-form plaque. The exterior or
the vase is embellished with coral, turquoise and
hardstones. Inlaid to the front is a jade plaque carved
in high relief with cat and butterfly, and at the back
a ‘twin badger’ group. The cover is surmounted with
white jade finial in the form of a ram holding a lingzhi
spray attached to a linked chain that passes through the
mouth of a bat set to the middle chime plaque. The
suspension support is resting in a silver-embellished
hole holding a tall cylindrical support topped by a
metal arm cast as a dragon head. All of the above is
secured on a tiered base with a band of lotus petals.
17 in. (43.3 cm.) high, wood stand
HK$300,000-500,000 US$39,000-64,000

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