Fine Asian Art - 21st May 2024

Lot 90

A CHINESE MOTTLED CELADON AND GREY JADE VESSEL, GUI

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000

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Description

A CHINESE MOTTLED CELADON AND GREY JADE VESSEL, GUI
MING DYNASTY

The sides decorated with archaistic bosses in relief, below a border of stylised kui dragon-scrolls and mythical beast masks, flanked by a pair of loop handles issuing from the horned dragon heads, the greyish stone with black and brown striations, together with a reticulated wood stand, 18cm. (2)

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware II, pl.182, for a similar jade incense burner; see also SC Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, pl.330.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

明 青灰玉仿古龍耳簋
來源：英國薩塞克斯私人收藏。