PROVENANCE: Private (Estate) collections of Anna Adeline (Anne Adeline) Haddrall (1929-2018), by inheritance.
Anne Adele Haddrall was born in Perth County, Canada. Moved to Toronto as a teenager and raised her family in Stratford There she established the Haddrall School of Highland Dancing sharing her love of dance with students all over Stratford. In the late 1980s, she traveled worldwide to learn and share her experience. Mrs. Anne toured Europe and collected English secretaries, French demi-lunes and crystal girandoles along with highly collectible Chinese articles. Her collection grew and filled her home with many highly collectable . Items sold at auction will towards her designated charities.
A superb Chinese white jade begonia vase. Carved in a baluster form, with quarte-lobed petal ovoid body raised upon a splayed foot base, gently tapered toward flori-form lobed tall neck, leading to petal shaped flaring rim. Two archaic silk worm shaped ears carved out from the neck. The main body decorated in carving reliefs of Fu dogs enjoy playing the Xiujiu silk ball. The lobed neck are finely polished, revealed the jade superb color and quality, the design are simple, yet elegant. This jade begonia vase conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese jade wares, with finest material, the whiteness, the cleanness, the color, the shape, design, and distinct. The jade is fine and exquisite, the carving smooth, brilliant with a moist appearance, the finishing meticulous.
Over all in EXCELLENT Condition, Natural Jade stone.
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