A carved spinach jade ewer


19th centuryOf flattened double gourd shape with opposing lotus flower and leaf panels in delicate relief on the opposing walls, a curving spout and graceful scrolling handle, a leiwen pattern engraved on the rim and on the outer edge of the conforming lid; fitted with a reticulated wood stand.7 3/8in (18.8cm) height of ewer and cover8 1/2in (21.5cm) height including wood stand
|ProvenanceButterfield & Butterfield, sale 3310O, 22-23 February 1983, lot 1080, as 'ex. Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University'