YUAN/MING DYNASTY
Details
A MOTTLED GRAY AND BROWN JADE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Well hollowed and of oval section, carved in low relief with archaistic motifs and with pairs of flat taotie masks on the neck and body, the translucent, grayish-white stone suffused with brown and buff inclusions
6.3/8in. (16.2cm.) high
Yuan/Ming Dynasty
Well hollowed and of oval section, carved in low relief with archaistic motifs and with pairs of flat taotie masks on the neck and body, the translucent, grayish-white stone suffused with brown and buff inclusions
6.3/8in. (16.2cm.) high
Provenance
The Sonnenschein Collection, Chicago, no. 1163
Exhibited
Possibly included in the Loan Exhibition of Jade, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1937
Sale room notice
This lot is illustrated at the top of page 20 to the far left.