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THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN GENTLEMAN
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC RHYTON
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC RHYTON
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Modelled as an archaistic vessel, well carved in high relief with three chi dragons clambering over the mouth rim, with a zoomorphic loop handle suspending a loose ring below the elongated spout, incised with a band of stylised scrolls on the mid-body, tapering to the back of a phoenix forming the base, its wings and feathery tail detailed with delicately incised markings, resting on webbed feet tucked under its body, the stone of a translucent pale celadon-white tone
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high, box
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Modelled as an archaistic vessel, well carved in high relief with three chi dragons clambering over the mouth rim, with a zoomorphic loop handle suspending a loose ring below the elongated spout, incised with a band of stylised scrolls on the mid-body, tapering to the back of a phoenix forming the base, its wings and feathery tail detailed with delicately incised markings, resting on webbed feet tucked under its body, the stone of a translucent pale celadon-white tone
4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 10 April 2006, lot 1752
Brought to you by
Aster Ng
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