Lot Essay
Compare a similar vase in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, illustrated in Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern, Vermont and Japan, 1977, pp. 162 and 164, no. 220.
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Details
A SMALL MUGHAL STYLE WHITE JADE VASE AND COVER
The thin flattened body carved in low relief on each side with a leafy flower spray flanked on the narrow sides by a pair of ascending leafy handles suspending loose rings, raised on a pedestal foot, the cover with openwork finial suspending two further loose rings
4.7/8in. (12.5cm.) high, wood stand, box
The thin flattened body carved in low relief on each side with a leafy flower spray flanked on the narrow sides by a pair of ascending leafy handles suspending loose rings, raised on a pedestal foot, the cover with openwork finial suspending two further loose rings
4.7/8in. (12.5cm.) high, wood stand, box
Exhibited
Canadian International Trade Fair, Toronto, 1948