A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE `LIU HAI` VASE AND COVER

Lot 3100
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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HKD 300 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 3100 | A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'LIU HAI' VASE AND COVER
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'LIU HAI' VASE AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

The flattened tapering vase is flanked by a pair of scroll handles at the neck and supported by a base formed with ruyi clouds. One side of the vase is carved with Liu Hai, holding a coin in his left hand and a gourd in his right, the other side is carved with his three-legged toad. The semi-translucent stone is of a soft even white colour.

3 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, box





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A New York private collection, by repute
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