THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF MOGHUL WHITE JADE VASES AND COVERS
细节
AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF MOGHUL WHITE JADE VASES AND COVERS
QIANLONG/JIAQING
Each carved as a square baluster vase, the stone hollowed to a remarkable thinness and almost completely translucent in some areas, the thicker areas left on each face carved as dancing ribboned Buddhist figure on a plinth and holding a ceremonial attribute, the neck with single flower-heads, each angle of the vase with a long ribbed leaf pendent from the shoulder and suspending a plain loose ring, the spreading foot simply grooved vertically, the domed cover with matching grooves beneath a crisp finial carved as a tight flower-bud--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high (2)
QIANLONG/JIAQING
Each carved as a square baluster vase, the stone hollowed to a remarkable thinness and almost completely translucent in some areas, the thicker areas left on each face carved as dancing ribboned Buddhist figure on a plinth and holding a ceremonial attribute, the neck with single flower-heads, each angle of the vase with a long ribbed leaf pendent from the shoulder and suspending a plain loose ring, the spreading foot simply grooved vertically, the domed cover with matching grooves beneath a crisp finial carved as a tight flower-bud--8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) high (2)