A RARE SOAPSTONE WINE POT AND COVER of lobed melon shape with cabriole spout emerging from a mask mouth, and openwork Buddhistic lion handle, the body carved with four shallow-relief ogee panels containing prunus, peony and chrysanthemum stems, the domed cover and spandrels delicately incised with scrolling foliate patterns, the stone of predominantly pale grey tone with russet and frozen strawberry inclusions (spout tip slightly polished), 17th/18th Century | Christie's

Lot 113

113

A RARE SOAPSTONE WINE POT AND COVER of lobed melon shape with cabriole spout emerging from a mask mouth, and openwork Buddhistic lion handle, the body carved with four shallow-relief ogee panels containing prunus, peony and chrysanthemum stems, the domed cover and spandrels delicately incised with scrolling foliate patterns, the stone of predominantly pale grey tone with russet and frozen strawberry inclusions (spout tip slightly polished), 17th/18th Century

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A RARE SOAPSTONE WINE POT AND COVER of lobed melon shape with cabriole spout emerging from a mask mouth, and openwork Buddhistic lion handle, the body carved with four shallow-relief ogee panels containing prunus, peony and chrysanthemum stems, the domed cover and spandrels delicately incised with scrolling foliate patterns, the stone of predominantly pale grey tone with russet and frozen strawberry inclusions (spout tip slightly polished), 17th/18th Century
16.5cm. wide

Lot Essay

Compare the soapstone ewer and cover illustrated in Ethnographic Objects in the Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1650-1800, Catalogue, no. EBC83

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