Vaso con coperchio in giada celadon chiaro Cina, prima metà del secolo XX

di forma a balaustro schiacciato, su piedi a cupola, il corpo scolpito con due pannelli contenenti un'iscrizione e incorniciati da un fregio di draghi, i lati con due bande a giorno con draghi stilizzati, le anse con pendenti ad anello scolpito con teste di uccello, il coperchio a cupola con finale a bocciolo

Minor tiny chips to the carved decoration to the foot near a white inclusion to the jade ; brown marks of old glue ; the actual color is less green than the catalogue would suggest.
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