A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of oval section, the plain body carved in high relief above the foot on one side with two Buddhistic lions playing with a ribbon-tied ball and on the reverse with a qilin issuing vapor, with a pair of monster-mask and loose ring handles flanking the neck and a mythical beast surmounting the cover, the stone well polished and with some opaque white mottling, finial repaired--12 7/8 in. (32.7cm.) high, wood stand