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A PALE CELADON JADE OVAL LOBED QUATREFOIL GU VASE QIANLONG
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A PALE CELADON JADE OVAL LOBED QUATREFOIL GU VASE QIANLONG
Unusually carved with a quatrefoil aperture at the centre of the inner wide mouth, the exterior carved in shallow relief with taotie around the central section, between a band of upright cicada blades rising to the flaring rim, and similar blades on the spreading foot, minute rim chips, the stone of even tone with paler and darker inclusions
8 1/2in. (22cm.) high
Unusually carved with a quatrefoil aperture at the centre of the inner wide mouth, the exterior carved in shallow relief with taotie around the central section, between a band of upright cicada blades rising to the flaring rim, and similar blades on the spreading foot, minute rim chips, the stone of even tone with paler and darker inclusions
8 1/2in. (22cm.) high