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A CARVED JADE ARCHAISTIC COVERED VASE
Qianlong mark, 20th century
Inspired by ancient bronze lei-form prototypes, the fitted lid
surmounted by a finial formed by a chilong hanging from a ruyi-
shaped strap and bearing the densely-incised four-character mark
surrounded by vertical columns of raised bosses lining the edges
which continue down the neck supporting opposing grinning
beast head handles supporting separately carved rings above the
tapered and compressed body covered in shallow relief patterns of
confronting birds within Shang/Zhou inspired dissolved geometric
scrolls, all supported by an attenuated foot; the stone of dark
spinach hue marked in cloudy whorls and flecked in isolated in black
inclusions.
12 3/4in (32.5cm) high
US$10,000 - 20,000
Provenance
Robyn Turner, New York, New York, purchased October 23, 2006
