A RARE YELLOW JADE ARCHAISTIC 'MYTHICAL BEAST' VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the substantial boulder skilfully worked after a guang vessel, resting atop a recumbent mythical beast with its head turned backwards, the vessel centred with a protruding section resting on a splayed foot and surmounted by a tall flaring neck tapering into a rounded spout on one side, the other with a handle in the form of an archaistic kui dragon, the central section further decorated in low relief with stylised archaistic birds rendered in scrollwork, the design echoed on the exterior of the well-fitted domed cover, all below a facetted finial, the stone of a warm attractive yellow colour with russet patches and celadon inclusions, wood stand 23.1 cm, 9 1/8 in.
A RARE YELLOW JADE ARCHAISTIC 'MYTHICAL BEAST' VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the substantial boulder skilfully worked after a guang vessel, resting atop a recumbent mythical beast with its head turned backwards, the vessel centred with a protruding section resting on a splayed foot and surmounted by a tall flaring neck tapering into a rounded spout on one side, the other with a handle in the form of an archaistic kui dragon, the central section further decorated in low relief with stylised archaistic birds rendered in scrollwork, the design echoed on the exterior of the well-fitted domed cover, all below a facetted finial, the stone of a warm attractive yellow colour with russet patches and celadon inclusions, wood stand 23.1 cm, 9 1/8 in.
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