Vase couvert en jade de Khotan et vase en stéatite noire Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIE et XIXE siècle

le premier en jade vert épinard de forme balustre aplatie à décor archaïsant de masques de taotie entre deux bandes de pétales, les arêtes en relief sculptées et ajourées d'entrelacs, le col flanqué d'anses en têtes d'animal fabuleux supportant des anneaux mobiles, le couvercle surmonté d'un lion, l'autre de forme balustre, le col étroit agrémenté d'anses rondes supportant des anneaux mobiles, le col souligné d'une frise de grecques, marque archaïsante incisée à la base, socles en bois sculpté

Yamanaka & co., inc., New York. The spinach green vase:  2nd December 1940 (175 US$); the black soapstone vase, 10 December 1940 (50 US$).

Smithonian Institution, Washington D.C, 15^th January - 1^st March 1942.

The spinach green jade in good overall condition ; the black vase with a dent to the edge of the middle of the neck. Color is consistent with catalogue illustration.
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