A VERY RARE LARGE JADE VASE, ZUN

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A VERY RARE LARGE JADE VASE, ZUN
YUAN-MING DYNASTY, 14TH-16TH CENTURY

Of an impressive size, the flattened zun-form vase is formed with four very subtle bracket lobes raised on a high spreading foot, the neck finely carved in low relief with an archaistic band of stylised chilong scrolls interrupted at the sides by a pair of tubular lug handles, the stone of mottled olive, brown and grey tones
9 3/4 in. (24.7 cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

Few jade vases of this impressive size from this early period are recorded. Compare with another zun vase from the Qing court collection, carved in a cream-coloured jade with archaistic motifs and catalogued as dating from the Song or Yuan period, illustrated in the Jadeware (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Commercial Press Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 114.

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