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18TH CENTURY
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A LARGE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FACETTED BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The body is carved to all sides in low relief with branches of prunus above a band of petal lappets. The waisted neck is carved with two elephant's-head handles. The domed cover has a raised facetted and hollowed finial and is incised with a band of stylised flower petals. The stone is of a delicate green tone with some opaque white mottling.
11 ¾ in. (31 cm. high)
18TH CENTURY
The body is carved to all sides in low relief with branches of prunus above a band of petal lappets. The waisted neck is carved with two elephant's-head handles. The domed cover has a raised facetted and hollowed finial and is incised with a band of stylised flower petals. The stone is of a delicate green tone with some opaque white mottling.
11 ¾ in. (31 cm. high)
Provenance
Christie's New York, 2 June 1994, lot 113.
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
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