A PALE CELADON JADE 'CRANE AND DEER' VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the flattened ovoid body rising from a stepped foot to a waisted neck with galleried rim, flanked by a pair of mythical beast handles suspending loose rings, carved in low relief on both sides with raised oval cartouches, one enclosing two deer in a rocky landscape, the other with a pair of cranes on rockwork, the sides carved with wutong and xiangchun trees, the stepped cover carved with archaistic scrolls and surmounted by a hollow knop, the stone of a smooth pale greenish-white color (2)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Keane, Boston, for the Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence Keane Collection, 23rd September 1946 (accession no. 52.329a-b).

Overall the vase is in good condition. There are two nicks and a fissure crack to the rim approx. 1 in. (2.5 cm) long, and some minor nicks to the extremities.
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