A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'LION' VASE GROUP QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
worked in the form of a lion seated beside a facetted gu vase, the beast with legs tucked underneath its body and tail curled alongside its rear haunches, its head facing forward detailed with bulging eyes beneath curled eyebrows, flaring nostrils and a bushy mane, the vase carved in low relief with stylised taotie masks between cicada lappets, the stone of a translucent white tone, carved zitan stand
9.5 cm, 3 3/4 in.
Provenance:
C.C. Tih Gallery, Hong Kong, 1973.
An American private collection.
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worked in the form of a lion seated beside a facetted gu vase, the beast with legs tucked underneath its body and tail curled alongside its rear haunches, its head facing forward detailed with bulging eyes beneath curled eyebrows, flaring nostrils and a bushy mane, the vase carved in low relief with stylised taotie masks between cicada lappets, the stone of a translucent white tone, carved zitan stand
9.5 cm, 3 3/4 in.
Provenance:
C.C. Tih Gallery, Hong Kong, 1973.
An American private collection.
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