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18TH CENTURY
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A Well-Carved White Jade Archaistic Vessel
18th Century
Carved in the form of a ewer raised on an oval foot, the upper and lower sections carved in thread relief with abstract archaic scrolls, with a double strap scroll handle on one side of the lower section and a small bird with arched chest and back-swept wings on the other side below a similar bird suspending a loose ring at the rim of the upper section, its curved wing tips forming two small ovoid apertures, the translucent stone of white tone
6in. (15.2cm.) high, wood stand, box
18th Century
Carved in the form of a ewer raised on an oval foot, the upper and lower sections carved in thread relief with abstract archaic scrolls, with a double strap scroll handle on one side of the lower section and a small bird with arched chest and back-swept wings on the other side below a similar bird suspending a loose ring at the rim of the upper section, its curved wing tips forming two small ovoid apertures, the translucent stone of white tone
6in. (15.2cm.) high, wood stand, box