Lot Essay
Previously sold in our London rooms, February 7, 1973, lot 65
Property from the Estate of Marc Haas
A SMALL ARCHAISTIC WHITE JADE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
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A SMALL ARCHAISTIC WHITE JADE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
QIANLONG
Well carved in low relief around the sides with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground below a ruyi band on the shoulder, with pendent blades and a pair of slender, tubular handles on the neck, their rims, the mouth rim, and the foot rim all encircled by borders of incised key pattern, the stone well polished and with fine white mottling throughout (minor foot rim chips)
4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high
QIANLONG
Well carved in low relief around the sides with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground below a ruyi band on the shoulder, with pendent blades and a pair of slender, tubular handles on the neck, their rims, the mouth rim, and the foot rim all encircled by borders of incised key pattern, the stone well polished and with fine white mottling throughout (minor foot rim chips)
4 7/8in. (12.4cm.) high