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A LARGE PALE GREEN JADE VASE AND COVER
Of compressed baluster form, the body carved in low relief with stylized leaves and geometric forms, the short flaring neck with galleried rim and flanked by a pair of mythical beast mask handles suspending loose rings, the domed cover surmounted by a pair of lions, the stone of lustrous pale green tone with some opaque white inclusions
13¾ in. (34 cm.) high
Provenance
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Christie's, New York, 2 December, 1985, lot 335.
Exhibited
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Recent Accessions, New York, 1952

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