Vase couvert en jade céladon pâle sculpté Chine, dynastie Qing

de section carrée et forme balustre, le col agrémenté de deux anses à tête de phénix supportant des anneaux mobiles, la panse finement sculptée d'oiseaux et pivoines ou prunus en fleurs, les côtés de phénix archaïsants, le couvercle d'animaux et masques de taotie ; socle en bois sculpté

The vase is in good condition with the exception of a tiny pinhole to the upper right corner inside the frame on one side and minute nicks to the footrim. The actual colour of the jade is more pale celadon, less white than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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