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AN EMERALD-GREEN JADEITE VASE
19TH CENTURY
Of flattened baluster form, carved in shallow relief around the body with a frieze of stylized cicada blades above a monster mask in high relief on each side, the neck with further cicada blades above a band of swirling roundels interrupted by notched vertical flanges, all below a pair of monster-mask handles suspending loose rings, the translucent stone of pale apple-green colour suffused throughout with rich emerald-green--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
Of flattened baluster form, carved in shallow relief around the body with a frieze of stylized cicada blades above a monster mask in high relief on each side, the neck with further cicada blades above a band of swirling roundels interrupted by notched vertical flanges, all below a pair of monster-mask handles suspending loose rings, the translucent stone of pale apple-green colour suffused throughout with rich emerald-green--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high