A jadeite hanging flower basket
A jadeite hanging flower basket
Late Qing dynasty/Republic period
Carved with a loose ring at the top of the cusped handle which pivots within the arched handles on flattened basket shape filled with a flowering peony plant, the rim of the basket finished with a row of tiny raised bosses and the opposing walls of the body filled with reserves of composite flowers and leaves in delicate raised relief, the stone showing a range of color from translucent greenish white at the top to brilliant leaf green at the base.
5 1/8in (13cm) high
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A jadeite hanging flower basket
Late Qing dynasty/Republic period
Carved with a loose ring at the top of the cusped handle which pivots within the arched handles on flattened basket shape filled with a flowering peony plant, the rim of the basket finished with a row of tiny raised bosses and the opposing walls of the body filled with reserves of composite flowers and leaves in delicate raised relief, the stone showing a range of color from translucent greenish white at the top to brilliant leaf green at the base.
5 1/8in (13cm) high