A LARGE ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VESSEL, GUANG
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A LARGE ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VESSEL, GUANG

19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VESSEL, GUANG
19TH CENTURY
The vessel is carved in the form of an archaic bronze ewer, guang. The body is carved in relief with taotie-masks and archaistic stylised animals on a leiwen ground, divided by vertical flanges and with a kui dragon handle. The well-hollowed stone is of a deep spinach-green tone. The base is incised with an apocryphal Qianlong mark.
8 in. (20 cm.) long
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 28 November 1994, lot 57.
Collection of the late Gerard Arnhold (1918-2010).
Special notice
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