Lot 868
  • 868

A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER 20TH CENTURY

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • jade
of flattened baluster form, the sides carved in shallow relief with archaistic motifs between bands of upright lappets and key-fret bands, the neck flanked by a pair of mythical beast head handles suspending loose rings, the cover similarly decorated with a mythical beast finial (2)

Provenance

Acquired in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 20th century and thence by descent.