A spinach-green jade 'Makara' rhyton, Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀 碧玉海獸紋首盃

Property from the Ezekiel Collection

A spinach-green jade 'Makara' rhyton

Qing dynasty, 18th century

清十八世紀 碧玉海獸紋首盃

the deep flattened U-shaped body issuing from a Makara head, carved to one side of the rim with a U-shaped spout and carved in high relief around the exterior with three chilong, all reserved on a C-scroll ground, the stone a dark olive-green tone with dark green flecks

Height 12.5 cm, 4⅞ in.