SONG-MING DYNASTY (AD 960-1644)

This jade vase is made in imitation of a bronze zhi, a ritual wine vessel originally made in bronze in the Shang dynasty. For a published example of jade archaistic zhi-form vase of larger size (4 7/8 in.), see Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Vermont/Japan, 1989, pp. 138-39, no. 175. This jade vase can also be compared with a small pale greyish-green jade archaistic vase in similar size, dated to the Song-Ming dynasty, 13th-16th century, sold at Christie's New York, 13 September 2018, lot 904.