A FINE AND RARE CELADON JADE GLOBULAR VASE

18TH CENTURY

Described as Ottoman by Roger Keverne in Jade, the globular body surmounted by a short gently flaring neck, carved with two loop handles emerging from six-petalled flowerheads, all raised on a short spread foot, with a paper label for Spink & Son Ltd to the base, the greyish-green stone with some russet inclusions, together with a wood stand raised on five feet, 13cm across. (2)

Provenance: by direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance (d.20th September 2020). From the collection of Gordon W Quance LLM (1931-2017). Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd on 27th June 1966. The original invoice, which describes the vase as Mughal, is available.

Illustrated: R Keverne, Jade, p.293, fig.39.