A Carved Spinach Jade Covered Vase
20TH CENTURY
of an even colored green stone with black speckles, of archaistic form with the flattened body raised on a splayed foot, each side carved in relief showing a pair of stylized phoenix below plantain leaves, divided by a vertical line of flanges, the recessed neck carved with a beast mask handle suspending a loose ring, the cover decorated with chilongs and capped with a dragon, raised on a reticulated hongmu stand.
Height of the vessel 7 inches.