A RARE ARCHAISTIC PALE GREEN JADE POURING VESSEL, YI Ming Dynasty The rounded body of oval section on matching foot and rising to an everted rim, the rim extending at one end for pouring, the opposite end with an archaistic-dragon loop handle, the exterior incised with intricate designs of entwined phoenix and chilong amidst trialling clouds extending into the interior of the spout, the stone of pale green colour flecked with beige veins and dark inclusions. 16cm (6 2/8in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 青白玉雕仿古紋匜 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2003, no.76. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2003年，編號76 Compare with a related jade pouring vessel, yi, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Studies of the Collections of the National Museum of China: Jade, Beijing, 2007, pl.210. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com