Property from the Estate of Marc Haas
THREE SMALL DARK GREEN JADE VASES
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THREE SMALL DARK GREEN JADE VASES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The tallest of pear shape and oval section, the lower body well carved in low relief with a band of taotie masks reserved on an incised leiwen ground, with a pair of mask and ring handles carved on the neck below a bulbous mouth rim, the stone attractively mottled and well polished; another of flattened pear shape, also carved around the sides with a band of taotie masks below a pair of angular scroll handles flanking the slender neck, the stone of deep, rich tone; the third of quadrilobe section, the body carved in low relief with two bands of interlocking serpents below the sharp edge of the shoulder, the neck carved with descending blades below a tapering mouth rim, raised on a conforming pedestal foot
6¼, 5½ and 5in. (15.8, 14 and 12.7cm.) high (3)
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The tallest of pear shape and oval section, the lower body well carved in low relief with a band of taotie masks reserved on an incised leiwen ground, with a pair of mask and ring handles carved on the neck below a bulbous mouth rim, the stone attractively mottled and well polished; another of flattened pear shape, also carved around the sides with a band of taotie masks below a pair of angular scroll handles flanking the slender neck, the stone of deep, rich tone; the third of quadrilobe section, the body carved in low relief with two bands of interlocking serpents below the sharp edge of the shoulder, the neck carved with descending blades below a tapering mouth rim, raised on a conforming pedestal foot
6¼, 5½ and 5in. (15.8, 14 and 12.7cm.) high (3)