AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE MOON FLASK

AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE MOON FLASK
18TH CENTURY
The flattened sides well carved in high relief with the beribboned bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) within a leaf border with scrolling tendrils that continue onto the narrow sides below flower sprigs on the shoulder, with bands of fanned leaves on the waisted neck and foot above a band of key fret, the stone with some brownish and opaque white mottling and added russet coloring
5 in. (12.7 cm) high, wood stand and cover