Lot 904
904
A SMALL PALE GREYISH-GREEN ARCHAISTIC VASE
PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
A SMALL PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE

SONG-MING DYNASTY, 13TH-16TH CENTURY

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A SMALL PALE GREYISH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE
SONG-MING DYNASTY, 13TH-16TH CENTURY
Made in imitation of a bronze zhi, the vase of pear shape and oval section is raised on a pedestal foot encircled by a bow-string band and is carved around the waisted neck with a band enclosing a dragon on each side separated by whorl motifs on the narrow sides. The semi-translucent stone of pale greyish-green color has some added brown color on one side.
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high
Provenance
William S. Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, acquired prior to 1971.
Exhibited
On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1973 to September 1980.

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Lot Essay

For another jade archaistic zhi-form vase of larger size (4 7/8 in.) see the example dated to the Song dynasty illustrated in Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Vermont/Japan, 1989, pp. 138-39, no. 175.

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