A RARE PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE SLENDER PEAR-SHAPED VASE, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

A RARE PALE GREYISH-WHITE JADE SLENDER PEAR-SHAPED VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The slender ovoid body tapering to a tall neck that flares slightly towards the mouth rim, with a pair of mask and loose-ring handles carved on the shoulders and two similar handles on each side of the lower body, the semi-translucent stone of pale greyish white tone with russet veining on one side of the lower body and some areas of pale brown and opaque white mottling, the base inscribed with a six-character Qianlong fanggu mark
7 ½ in. (19.1 cm.) high

Pre-Lot Text
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION