A MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE EWER AND COVER INSET WITH HARDSTONES

18TH CENTURY

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A MUGHAL-STYLE WHITE JADE EWER AND COVER INSET WITH HARDSTONES
18th century
Of flattened ovoid shape with openwork floral handle and cabriole spout, carved around the body in shallow relief with chrysanthemums and inset with red glassy beads, the domed cover carved with chrysanthemum petals
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

Compare the spouted vessel and cover from the Baur Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, Chinese Jades and other Hardstones, pl.B77; and the tall wine pot illustrated by S. Howard Hansford in Essence of Hills and Streams, p.212, no.G16.

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