A Chinese spinach jade vase 19th Century | Christie's

Sale 9438

Asian Decorative Arts

London, South Kensington

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18 July 2002

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Lot 105

A Chinese spinach jade vase 19th Century

Price realised

GBP 306

Estimate

GBP 200 - GBP 300

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A Chinese spinach jade vase
19th Century
of flattened baluster form, carved in low relief with a band of taotie masks between key-fret bands, the shoulder with scrollwork handles -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high, (minor nibbles to rim).
See Illustration.

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