A LARGE PALE GREEN AND APPLE-GREEN JADEITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER Elaborately pierced and carved in high relief on one side with a pair of phoenix, one standing on a branch of lingzhi at the base while its mate in flight above grasps a lingzhi sprig in its beak, the reverse carved at the base with a qilin and on the sides in low relief with a scene of ducks and water weeds below trailing clouds, with a pair of monster-mask and loose-ring handles flanking the neck and a recumbent phoenix grasping a peony branch surmounting the domed cover, the finely mottled stone of pale green and lavender tone with splashes of apple-green and russet used to highlight the carving -- 10 3/4in. (27.3cm.) high , wood stand and box
A LARGE PALE GREEN AND APPLE-GREEN JADEITE BALUSTER VASE AND COVER Elaborately pierced and carved in high relief on one side with a pair of phoenix, one standing on a branch of lingzhi at the base while its mate in flight above grasps a lingzhi sprig in its beak, the reverse carved at the base with a qilin and on the sides in low relief with a scene of ducks and water weeds below trailing clouds, with a pair of monster-mask and loose-ring handles flanking the neck and a recumbent phoenix grasping a peony branch surmounting the domed cover, the finely mottled stone of pale green and lavender tone with splashes of apple-green and russet used to highlight the carving -- 10 3/4in. (27.3cm.) high , wood stand and box
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