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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GREENISH-WHITE AND BROWN JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A GREENISH-WHITE AND BROWN JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of a rhyton enveloped by the wings of a mythical bird, its clawed feet forming the base, its head twisted around to one side with a curved feather beneath is neck suspending a loose ring, and the ribbed tail dividing into two lingzhi-shaped tufts, with a key-fret border below the rim, the cover carved as another recumbent mythical bird
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high, box
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Carved in the form of a rhyton enveloped by the wings of a mythical bird, its clawed feet forming the base, its head twisted around to one side with a curved feather beneath is neck suspending a loose ring, and the ribbed tail dividing into two lingzhi-shaped tufts, with a key-fret border below the rim, the cover carved as another recumbent mythical bird
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high, box