Asian Art I - 20th May 2015

Lot 203

A CHINESE JADEITE ARCHAISTIC TWO-HANDLED VASE 19TH/20TH CENTURY Carved to the exterior with a...

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £3200

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Description

A CHINESE JADEITE ARCHAISTIC TWO-HANDLED VASE

19TH/20TH CENTURY

Carved to the exterior with a phoenix and a chilong, and with a band of taotie masks beneath them, raised on a four-legged hardwood stand, 15.2cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Robert Frederick Hathaway (d.1991) of Cape Town, South Africa, collected 1970s-1990.