A LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER AND A CARVED WHITE JADE HU-FORM VASE
A LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER AND A CARVED WHITE JADE HU-FORM VASE
A LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER AND A CARVED WHITE JADE HU-FORM VASE
A LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER AND A CARVED WHITE JADE HU-FORM VASE
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A LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER AND A CARVED WHITE JADE HU-FORM VASE

18TH CENTURY

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A LAPIS LAZULI VASE AND COVER AND A CARVED WHITE JADE HU-FORM VASE
18TH CENTURY
Both vases are carved with taotie masks on the body, and the lapis lazuli vase has a lion-form finial on the cover.
The largest 1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, one silver-inlaid zitan stand, one hongmu stand, two fitted cloth boxes
Provenance
Yamanaka & Co., Osaka, 1945.
Lionel Rosenberg, Cape Town, South Africa, circa 1967-68.
Exhibited
New York, Christie’s, Small Pleasures: Chinese Works of Art from an Important Private American Collection, 15-20 March 2013.
Special notice
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