Lot Essay
Cf. the jade vase but without a cover exhibited in the Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum, 1983, and illustrated in the Catalogue, pl.78
18TH CENTURY
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A VERY FINE MOGHUL-STYLE PALE CELADON JADE FLATTENED VASE AND COVER
18th century
Carved suspending two loose rings at the shoulder below lotus-heads and above leafy fronds extending down the edges of the body decorated on each face with deities playing wind instruments, supported on a spreading foot embellished with petal lappets, the cover surmounted by a lotus-head finial, the translucent and exceptionally thinly carved 'icy-white' stone of even tone, minute extremity chips
6½in (16.5) cm. high, wood stand
18th century
Carved suspending two loose rings at the shoulder below lotus-heads and above leafy fronds extending down the edges of the body decorated on each face with deities playing wind instruments, supported on a spreading foot embellished with petal lappets, the cover surmounted by a lotus-head finial, the translucent and exceptionally thinly carved 'icy-white' stone of even tone, minute extremity chips
6½in (16.5) cm. high, wood stand