Lot Essay
This form may well have been inspired by three-legged Shang dynasty bronze vessels.
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
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A RARE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC WATER VESSEL
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
In the form of a mythical three-legged beast with a dragon and its young clambering over the back, the body carved in shallow relief with archaic designs flanking an ox-head and the neck with a hanging bell, the stone of a celadon tone with russet inclusions
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) wide
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
In the form of a mythical three-legged beast with a dragon and its young clambering over the back, the body carved in shallow relief with archaic designs flanking an ox-head and the neck with a hanging bell, the stone of a celadon tone with russet inclusions
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) wide
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