A PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

of flattened you form, set at the neck with a pair of angular loop handles, the body carved in relief with two taotie masks, evenly divided by four notched vertical flanges, all below a band of keyfrets encircling the rim, repeated at rim of the cover, the domed cover tapering to an angled shoulder, surmounted by an incised oval ring finial, the lustrously polished stone of an even color with cloudy white inclusions, wood stand (3)

Collection of a Colonel in the US Army, stationed in Tokyo between 1947-1949.