A PALE CELADON JADE 'LOTUS LEAF' VASE

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A PALE CELADON JADE 'LOTUS LEAF' VASE
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

Carved as a well-hollowed, upright lotus leaf with veined sides and curled edges, borne on one of the stems that forms the base before rising up the sides, the other stems of millet, water weed and a lotus blossom, with two small water birds perched near the base
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high, stand, box

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Compare with a jade vase of this type included in the O. C. S. exhibition Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, London, 1975, illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 124, no. 408; and another in the Baur Collection, illustrated in Chinese Jades and Other Hardstones, Geneva, 1976, no. B97.

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