A Chicken Bone Jade Archaistic Ram-Form Vessel
the creamy stone with brown and black streaks throughout, carved in the form of a recumbent ram kneeling with four legs tucked under, the head facing forward with well carved curled horns and wide eyes, the mouth open showing its teeth, the body decorated with archaistic designs, surmounted by a cylindrical vessel carved with ruyi clouds, topped with a circular cover with a ram form finial, raised on a fitted hardwood stand.
Height 6 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of Beverly Pierson Carmichael Bradley, Kansas City, Missouri

Provenance:
Acquired from Manheim Galleries, Antiques, Objects of Art, New Orleans, Los Angeles, February 12, 1979