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A London private collection of jade carvings and Chinese works of art, lots 1-104
Lot 13

AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE VASE, HU
Ming Dynasty

15 – 16 May 2023, 10:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE VASE, HU

Ming Dynasty
Of pear-shaped form, the exterior decorated with three principal registers of taotie masks, below shou characters and lappets, each section divided by vertical flanges, the shoulders set with lion head handles above kui dragon handles on the body.
17.5cm (7 7/8in) high

Footnotes

Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.

A similar vase is illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 388, fig 6.

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