Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 100
A FINE AND RARE CELADON JADE GLOBULAR VASE
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £20000
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Description
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.