A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'LOTUS' WASHER QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY |

naturalistically worked in the form of a large furled lotus pad, rendered borne on a stem on the underside and decorated with a cluster of stems extending around the exterior to envelope the rim with leaves and budding blooms, the interior of the vessel further decorated in the round with a frog and a crab, the stone of a rich deep green colour with white inclusions, the stone of a green tone with patches of russet, wood stand