Lot 281 , A Chinese archaistic white jade rhyton and a spinach green jade vase, 18th/19th century, H. 11cm and 8.5cm

A Chinese archaistic white jade rhyton and a spinach green jade vase, 18th/19th century, the phoenix standing upon rootwood, the stone of good even tone with some natural inclusions and veining, wood stand, the green jade vase carved as a shaft of bamboo flanked a standing pheonix, H. 11cm and 8.5cm
Estimate £300-500


Provenance - the owner's parents owned these jades prior to 1980; thence by descent.

The jade rhyton is of a good even tone with some inclusions and natural veining particularly to the back of the vessel, no chips or cracks detected, no restoration present.


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Sold for £1,900