A CHINESE CELADON JADE SQUARE-SECTION VASE, FANGGU

QING DYNASTY

The central protruding section raised on a splayed foot and surmounted by a tall flaring neck, the exterior carved in shallow relief with stylised banana leaves, archaistic motifs and fish, with taotie masks to the centre, all reserved on a finely incised key fret ground, the stone with some white inclusions and russet striations, 22.8cm.

Provenance: formerly a Greek private collection, acquired in 2011.

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware, vol.3, p.165, no.133 for a flanged jade fanggu in the Qing Court collection also with a banana leaf design.