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A MOTTLED GREEN AND WHITE JADEITE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER

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A MOTTLED GREEN AND WHITE JADEITE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER

Of rectangular section, the sides carved in shallow relief with bands of taotie masks divided by vertical rows of notched flanges repeated at the corners, the neck flanked by a pair of dragon handles and centered on two sides by an animal mask with protruding tongue, the whole raised on a pedestal foot and with a matching cover surmounted by a qilin finial, with splashes of apple and darker green in the well-polished, pale greenish-white stone, chips--10 1/4 in. (26cm.) high, wood stand