A FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE WATER POT AND COVER
A FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE WATER POT AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE WATER POT AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Carved with three large dragons clambering around the sides of the vessel above wind-tossed waves that radiate up and outwards from the swirled center of the base, each peering over the angled shoulder as they pursue a flaming pearl also carved in high relief on the edge of the shoulder, the domed cover formed by the coiled body of a striding chilong, its raised head forming the finial
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) across
Provenance
Spink & Son, Ltd., London.

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