A PALE CELADON JADE 'BIRD' VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

of elegant flattened bronze hu form raised on a high splayed foot, the waisted neck flanked by two 'S'-shaped handles, each side carved with a swallow in flight in high relief, one side undercut and incised with begonias sprouting from rockwork, the stepped cover surmounted by a knop of conforming shape, wood stand (3)

Spink & Son Ltd., London (according to label).