Lot 193
  • 193

Petit vase couvert en jade lichen céladon Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIE siècle

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

de forme archaïsante hu, avec une anse mobile et un haut pied évasé, chaque face sculptée d'une tête de lion et d'une frise en bas relief avec un masque de Taotie, l'anse formée de deux dragons confrontés de chaque côté d'un cylindre

Condition

Good condition. Some natural inclusions in the stone (a 1 cm brown patch on one side by the corner edge above the archaistic frieze, an area inside showing in transparency to the lower right corner, a clear line crossing the vase in a diagonal from the rim towards the base, repeating on the cover).
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