Vase couvert en jade céladon et rouille Dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong

de forme aplatie au col resserré et surmontant une base rocailleuse, un pin et un prunier poussant sur les côtés, aux branches enveloppant le vase central, une petite pousse de bambou et deux lingzhi émergeant de la base, la pierre à la belle patine brillante rehaussée d'un côté d'inclusions rouille et blanches, le couvercle surmonté d'une prise ovale, socle en bois (3)

Acquired by the grandmother of the present owner in the 1940s.

There are minute and small chips and fritts along the raised parts of the carving. There is a ca. 1 cm wide shallow chip to a branch on one side of the vase. There is a ca. 0.5 cm shallow chip to the neck of the vase. The cover with minute fritts along the edge. The stone of the cover is of a slightly darker celadon colour and does not perfectly fit the vase. The vase with russet and calcified inclusions on one side.
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