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A MOTTLED JADEITE MYTHICAL BEAST AND VASE GROUP
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved as a mythical beast standing four-square with head turned to the side and mouth open, with single upcurved horn and segmented mane, the pair of wings rising from the back flanking the sides of the vertical guan-shaped vase set below the spout with a taotie mask suspending a loose ring, the cover surmounted by a chilong, its tail connected by a chain to the tail of the beast below, the stone of pale grayish-lavender tone with pale russet mottling and splashes of bright apple green
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high, wood stand
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Carved as a mythical beast standing four-square with head turned to the side and mouth open, with single upcurved horn and segmented mane, the pair of wings rising from the back flanking the sides of the vertical guan-shaped vase set below the spout with a taotie mask suspending a loose ring, the cover surmounted by a chilong, its tail connected by a chain to the tail of the beast below, the stone of pale grayish-lavender tone with pale russet mottling and splashes of bright apple green
6¼in. (15.8cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Frank H. Fulford
Stanley Charles Nott
Mrs. W. F. Jackson, Headingley Castle, Leeds
Bulgari, Rome
Stanley Charles Nott
Mrs. W. F. Jackson, Headingley Castle, Leeds
Bulgari, Rome
Literature
Stanley Charles Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, New York, 1937, pl. LXVI