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

of rectangular section, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of mythical beast handles, carved to the front side with two deer on rocky outcrops, beneath a pine tree in a mountainous landscape, the reverse carved with two crane beneath pine and wutong and beside a waterfall in a mountainous landscape, with thin bands of key-fret to the rim and foot, the cover with gently sloping edges running down to a thin band of key fret, below a rectangular finial, the stone of an even white to pale celadon tone

Collection of Moreton Lee, February 1955.

John Sparks Ltd., London, 11th June 1955 (£500).

The rings are missing from the handles and there are two small shallow chips to the side of the rim (each 1.5mm by 1.5mm). There is also a very shallow chip/flake to the footrim (5mm by 3mm).
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