A PALE CELADON JADE MOGHUL-STYLE WINE EWER AND COVER

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A PALE CELADON JADE MOGHUL-STYLE WINE EWER AND COVER
LATE MING DYNASTY

The fluted and barbed baluster body carved around the sides with a long calligraphic inscription divided by an angular everted spout issuing from a dragon mask opposite a loop handle set with a carved coral chimera within a silver foliate mount, the fitted cover surmounted with a pair of chilong striding around the bulbous finial, the stone of flecked pale celadon tone with russet inclusions, the base carved with the seal yong bao--8 5/8in. (22cm.) high, stand