A WHITE JADE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, QING DYNASTY

A WHITE JADE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER

QING DYNASTY

清 白玉雕纏枝蓮紋龍耳活環瑞獸鈕蓋瓶

the flattened ovoid body rising to a waisted neck and galleried rim, raised on a splayed foot, crisply carved in high relief with a continuous lotus scroll between rows of lappets and keyfret borders, the neck set with dragon-head loose ring handles to either side, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted with a luduan-form finial, with a conforming green jade waisted stand with foliate openwork atop four ruyi-form feet (2)

Height 11⅞ in., 30.2 cm