A spinach-green jade rhyton and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century | 清十八/十九世紀 碧玉螭龍紋角盃連蓋

Property from the Ezekiel Collection

A spinach-green jade rhyton and cover

Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century

the deep flattened U-shaped body issuing from the Makara head, the body swept up the side of the vessel forming the handle, carved in high relief around the exterior with four chilong reserved on a scroll ground, the domed cover surmounted by a chilong finial, the stone a dark olive-green tone suffused with dark green flecks

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Height 15.5 cm, 6⅛ in.