An archaistic jadeite vase and cover, Late Qing dynasty | 清末 翠玉雕仿古饕餮紋靈芝耳活環蓋瓶

An archaistic jadeite vase and cover

Late Qing dynasty

清末 翠玉雕仿古饕餮紋靈芝耳活環蓋瓶

of flattened baluster form, rising from a pedestal foot to a waisted neck flanked by a pair of handles each shaped as two lingzhi heads suspending a loose ring, the body carved with low-relief taotie and scroll brackets between a row of upright lappets, pendent stiff leaves, and keyfret bands, the domed cover with a Buddhist lion-form finial, the stone a pale bluish-celadon variegated with white and apple-green, wood stand (3)

Height 7 ⅜ in., 18.8 cm