A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, GUANG
QIANLONG (1736-95)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, GUANG QIANLONG (1736-95) In the form of an archaic bronze guang , the pouring vessel of an oval cross-section, decorated in shallow and high relief on each side of the rounded body with a slender archaistic phoenix, the slightly waisted neck with a flaming pearl to one side below a protruding lip at one end in the form of a large and elaborate beast head suspending a loose-ring, the scroll-form handle entwined with a chilong clambering up over the rim, all supported on a stepped spreading foot, the domed cover with two further chilong flanking a floral finial, the well-polished stone of an even pale celadon-white tone with some very minor white inclusions 7 7/8 in. (19.8 cm.) high
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, GUANG
QIANLONG (1736-95)
A VERY RARE IMPERIAL WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VESSEL AND COVER, GUANG QIANLONG (1736-95) In the form of an archaic bronze guang , the pouring vessel of an oval cross-section, decorated in shallow and high relief on each side of the rounded body with a slender archaistic phoenix, the slightly waisted neck with a flaming pearl to one side below a protruding lip at one end in the form of a large and elaborate beast head suspending a loose-ring, the scroll-form handle entwined with a chilong clambering up over the rim, all supported on a stepped spreading foot, the domed cover with two further chilong flanking a floral finial, the well-polished stone of an even pale celadon-white tone with some very minor white inclusions 7 7/8 in. (19.8 cm.) high
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