Description
A SPINACH GREEN JADE HU IMITATING AN ARCHAIC BRONZE, LATE MING
China, 17th century. Of elegant pear form with the flattened sides finely carved in deep relief to depict a taotie-mask below bands of confronted C-scrolls, chilong and pendent cicada blades at the waisted and lobed neck, flanked by a pair of phoenix head handles.
Provenance: From an English private estate.
Condition: Excellent condition with a tiny nick to the lip and some nibbling to foot, old wear and natural imperfections to the stone.
Weight: 297.2 g
Dimensions: Height 12 cm
The opaque and mottled spinach green stone with streaks of light grey, black and russet, overall closely resembling the surface of a deeply patinated, corroded and encrusted bronze, as it normally looks just after being excavated.
Auction result comparison: For another jade Hu with Taotie masks see Christies Hong Kong in Luminous Colours: Treasures from the Shorenstein Collection, 1 December 2010, lot 2955, sold for HKD $250,000.
碧玉仿古壺,明末
中國,十七世紀。 優雅的梨形,扁平的側面深浮雕,腹部獸面紋,腰部和頸部上有螭龍與蟬形葉片紋,兩側一對鳳凰執柄。
來源:英國私人遺產
品相:品相極好,唇部輕微小磕損,足部一些磕裂,老磨損和天然缺陷。
重量:297.2 克
尺寸:高 12 厘米