A SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE ZHADOU 18TH CENTURY The flared rim with a high polish above a...

A SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE ZHADOU

18TH CENTURY

The flared rim with a high polish above a compressed circular body with a slightly matt surface, 5.7cm.

Provenance: Lt. Col. Edmund Whitehead (1870-1945), an interpreter for the British Army who served in Beijing c.1890, and thence by descent.

Cf. Christie's Hong Kong, 28th May 2014, lot 3565 for another white jade zhadou.