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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE VASE, HU A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL, YI
Ming Dynasty Ming Dynasty
Of pear-shaped form, the exterior decorated with three principal The rounded body of oval section set over a conforming foot, rising
registers of taotie masks, below shou characters and lappets, each to an everted rim extending at one end for pouring, the opposite end
section divided by vertical flanges, the shoulders set with lion head set with a scrolling loop handle, the exterior carved with a central
handles above kui dragon handles on the body. band of C-scroll patterns beneath a key-scroll band below the rim.
17.5cm (7 7/8in) high 15cm (5 7/8in) long
£3,000 - 5,000 £2,000 - 3,000
HK$29,000 - 49,000 HK$19,000 - 29,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000 CNY17,000 - 26,000

Provenance Provenance
A London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s A London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s
and thence by descent. and thence by descent.

A similar vase is illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jades from the
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 388, fig 6.

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