Description IMPORTANT VASE de palais EN JADE.
Sculpté à partir d'un très gros bloc de jade de couleur céladon pastel à nuance lavande tacheté de vert émeraude et d'ombres miel.
Décoré sur les deux faces de dragons travaillé en ajour et en haut-relief rendus archa?ques à l'épaule grimpant dans une attitude enroulée autour du cou, le ventre plat finement ciselé de motifs archa?ques formant masque Tao Tié quadrangulaire sur le pourtour de la panse plate.
A la base du piédouche, deux branches de lotus grimpantes avec feuillage épanoui.
A l’épaulement, une paire d'anses zoomorphes à chimères archa?santes à anneaux mobiles ciselés dans la masse.
Le couvercle est surmonté d'un canard reposant sur une fleur de lotus.
Socle ciselé d’une base en bois travaillé en ajour de guirlandes entrelacées et de fleurs de lotus.
Chine, Dynastie Ming 1368 à 1644.
Ht 42cm avec socle.
Ht 34cm sans socle.
L 25cm.
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Provenance : Collection d'Aimée Crocker, Californie, Musée de Sacramento.
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