Chinese White Jade Covered Vase 18th/19th Century The compressed shouldered form rising from a splayed oval foot, carved in high relief with a scaled dragon clamboring down one side amidst swirling clouds and another dragon encircling the waisted neck, the tapered lid surmounted by a flaming pearl finial is attached to the interior by a sixteen-link chain, the stone of even tone with minor russet striations. Height 6 5/8 inches. Provenance: Included in the exhibition organized by The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages, 1975, no. 399, pl. 129, item 423 C The Estate of Baron Pierre DeMenasce
Dragon at shoulder has one missing segment of his whisker. Vertical natural fissure incorporated into the carving of the dragon along the side of the vase, another vertical natural fissure incorporated into the carving of the clouds on the side of the vase.
Chinese White Jade Covered Vase 18th/19th Century The compressed shouldered form rising from a splayed oval foot, carved in high relief with a scaled dragon clamboring down one side amidst swirling clouds and another dragon encircling the waisted neck, the tapered lid surmounted by a flaming pearl finial is attached to the interior by a sixteen-link chain, the stone of even tone with minor russet striations. Height 6 5/8 inches. Provenance: Included in the exhibition organized by The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Chinese Jades Throughout the Ages, 1975, no. 399, pl. 129, item 423 C The Estate of Baron Pierre DeMenasce
Dragon at shoulder has one missing segment of his whisker. Vertical natural fissure incorporated into the carving of the dragon along the side of the vase, another vertical natural fissure incorporated into the carving of the clouds on the side of the vase.
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