CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CARVED JADE VASE & COVER

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CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) MONUMENTAL CARVED CELADON-AND-RUSSET HARDSTONE / JADE-TYPE ARCHAISTIC RITUAL COVERED VASE (HU), WORKED IN THE SHANG TO WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE FEATURING A BROAD TAPERED BALUSTER BODY FLANKED AT THE NECK BY SCULPTED DRAGON-HEAD HANDLES SUSPENDING INTEGRAL LOOSE RINGS, SURMOUNTED BY A MULTI-TIERED DOMED COVER WITH FLANGED SCROLL LUGS AND A FLARED BEAKER-FORM FINIAL, RAISED ON A HEAVY SPLAYED PEDESTAL FOOT EXTENSIVELY CARVED IN RAISED RELIEF WITH POWERFUL TAOTIE MASKS TO FACETS AGAINST RECTILINEAR LEIWEN GROUNDS, THE UPPER COLLAR AND COVER PANELS WORKED WITH CONFRONTED PHOENIX BIRDS THE MOTTLED SPINACH-GREEN AND RUSSET STONE ARTIFICIALLY ANTIQUED WITH SIMULATED CALCIFIED BURIAL MOTTLING AND IRON-OXIDE CRUSTED ALTERATIONS PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA APPROX. 27.25 IN HIGH, 10 1/2 IN WIDE ACROSS HANDLES

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