Lot Essay
(US$4,000-5,000)
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A WHITE JADE GU-SHAPED VASE
18TH CENTURY
The upper and lower body carved with four vertical lines of flanges dividing cicada and taotie motifs, the central bulb carved with medium-relief taotie masks, the highly polished stone of even white tone
4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
The upper and lower body carved with four vertical lines of flanges dividing cicada and taotie motifs, the central bulb carved with medium-relief taotie masks, the highly polished stone of even white tone
4 1/4 in. (11 cm.) high
Exhibited
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, 1935