A spinach jade Moghul-style vase, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period | 清乾隆 碧玉痕都斯坦式纏枝番蓮紋瓶
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A spinach jade Moghul-style vase
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong period
清乾隆 碧玉痕都斯坦式纏枝番蓮紋瓶
of tapered baluster form, the shoulders applied with lotus flower handles, carved around the body in relief with a band of lotus flowers borne on feathery leafy scrolls, all between leaf borders and a band of stylised dragons and pendent cicada blades
19.2 cm high
Sir Ernest Cassel (1852-1921).
Dennis Holman, Lady Louis, Life of the Countess of Burma, London, 1952, photographed in the background of the library at 2 Wilton Crescent, the London home of the Earl and Countess of Burma, colour plate iii, between pp. 8-9.