Lot 211
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (Lots 211-213)
A JADEITE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, carved after an archaic bronze tulu, the exterior with scrolling dragon motifs in shallow relief, the sides with openwork dragon handles suspending loose-rings, raised on four knop feet extending from the cylindrical corners, the cover with an openwork dragon finial, the stone of icy tone with dark green inclusions

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A JADEITE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, carved after an archaic bronze tulu, the exterior with scrolling dragon motifs in shallow relief, the sides with openwork dragon handles suspending loose-rings, raised on four knop feet extending from the cylindrical corners, the cover with an openwork dragon finial, the stone of icy tone with dark green inclusions
14cm. wide

Lot Essay

For a comparable jadeite vessel of this form from the T.Y. Chao Collection, cf. Christie's Hong Kong, 25 October 1993, lot 1014. For a porcelain example, cf. Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, p.464, pl.146, from the Palace Museum collection

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