AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON AND RUSSET JADE BELL SONG - MING DYNASTY |

of pointed oval section, the body broadening toward the arched incurved mouth, each side bisected by a raised vertical flange and carved in low relief with archaistic motifs including a broad register enclosing a fantastic beast mask with wide eyes, exposed fangs, and bovine horns, followed by narrower registers of C-curls, keyfret, bosses, and rope-twist patterns, all surmounted by an integral suspension loop in the form of a double-beast, the stone a pale celadon color with areas and veins of opaque russet, Lucite stand (2)

Spink & Son, London, 19th October 1984. 
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 262.

Roger Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1995, p. 13, fig. 10.

There is some opaque calcification along the russet fissures across the top and diagonally from the base. As expected there is wear to the surface overall which has been cleaned and polished.
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