A LATE MING GREYISH-GREEN JADE FOLIATE HEXAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER, the short cabriole spout and loop handle carved in shallow relief with clouds, the lobed body with inscriptions and bamboo, pine and lotus, the cover with the eight Buddhist Emblems and surmounted by an attached finial carved as Shoulao beside a deer, the jade of mottled celadon grey tones with snowy inclusions, 17th Century | Christie's

Lot 123

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A LATE MING GREYISH-GREEN JADE FOLIATE HEXAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER, the short cabriole spout and loop handle carved in shallow relief with clouds, the lobed body with inscriptions and bamboo, pine and lotus, the cover with the eight Buddhist Emblems and surmounted by an attached finial carved as Shoulao beside a deer, the jade of mottled celadon grey tones with snowy inclusions, 17th Century

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A LATE MING GREYISH-GREEN JADE FOLIATE HEXAGONAL TEAPOT AND COVER, the short cabriole spout and loop handle carved in shallow relief with clouds, the lobed body with inscriptions and bamboo, pine and lotus, the cover with the eight Buddhist Emblems and surmounted by an attached finial carved as Shoulao beside a deer, the jade of mottled celadon grey tones with snowy inclusions, 17th Century
23cm. wide, wood stand

Lot Essay

Compere the similarly shaped ewer from the Frank Fulford collection, illustrated by Stanley Knott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, col.pl.LXXXV

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