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A VERY LARGE WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

清十九世紀 白玉仿古夔龍紋獅鈕活環耳蓋瓶

of generous proportions, the flattened vessel with a baluster
form and rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck flanked
by a pair of mythical beast handles, each suspending a loose
ring, the body decorated in low relief with a broad frieze
depicting two pairs of confronting kui dragons, each mythical
beast with its serpentine body rendered in angular scrollwork,
all between pendent and upright archaistic plantain blades
bordering the neck and foot, the cover with sloping sides
similarly rendered with two pairs of confronting kui dragons,
all surmounted with a finial skilfully worked in the form of a
powerful lion with its head turned sharply backwards, wood
stand
35.6 cm, 14 in.

HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 128,000-192,000