Asian Art I - 23rd May 2012

Lot 251

*A good Chinese spinach-green jade archaistic vase fang-gu 18th century

Estimate £6,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £12000

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Description

*A good Chinese spinach-green jade archaistic vase fang-gu 18th century, the body carved with flanges in relief, each side with taotie masks, 23.5cm. Provenance: purchased from Douglas J K Wright London c.1970, formerly in the Lester family collection. Cf. Yang Boda, A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang Collection, 2004, no.122, p.187 for a similar example.