Property from the Estate of Marc Haas
A DARK GREEN JADE LOTUS-LEAF EWER AND COVER
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A DARK GREEN JADE LOTUS-LEAF EWER AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The ewer well hollowed and well carved as a large lotus leaf raised on a pedestal foot of lotus leaf form, the leaf-wrapped oval body, slender spout and folded leaf handle all bound together at the base of the waisted neck by a ribbon tied in two bows set just above an abstract mask carved in high relief on either side, the conforming cover surmounted by two lotus pods nestling in a further leaf
7in. (17.8cm.) high, wood stand
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The ewer well hollowed and well carved as a large lotus leaf raised on a pedestal foot of lotus leaf form, the leaf-wrapped oval body, slender spout and folded leaf handle all bound together at the base of the waisted neck by a ribbon tied in two bows set just above an abstract mask carved in high relief on either side, the conforming cover surmounted by two lotus pods nestling in a further leaf
7in. (17.8cm.) high, wood stand
Literature
Stanley Charles Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, New York, 1937, pl. CXII