A SPINACH-GREEN JADE MOONFLASK AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

the flattened circular body rising from a pedestal foot to a slender elongated neck and galleried rim, the neck set with two archaistic kuilong handles, each suspending a thick loose ring, the smooth body of the vase undecorated, the domed cover with a finial meticulously carved in openwork with a crouching dragon with pronounced antlers and trailing whiskers, the stone a deep emerald-green flecked with black and lighter green tones (2)

Spink & Son, London, 14th October 1985.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 445.

The moonflask and cover are in overall good condition with only a few minute nicks to the rims, foot, and handles. The color of the stone is slightly deeper than in the illustration in the printed catalog.
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A spinach-green jade moonflask suspending loose rings but carved with a landscape scene and without its cover, sold at Christie's Paris, 26th November 2002, lot 153. A white jade hu-form vase with similar handles and rings, but with incised gilt decoration, sold in these rooms, 20th October 1988, lot 289. See also a white jade example with a similar 'dragon' cover, sold in our London rooms, 2nd May 1986, lot 252.