A GREENISH-GREY AND RUSSET JADE ARCHAISTIC ZHI-FORM VESSEL

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Lot 836 | A GREENISH-GREY AND RUSSET JADE ARCHAISTIC ZHI-FORM VESSEL
A GREENISH-GREY AND RUSSET JADE ARCHAISTIC ZHI-FORM VESSEL

SOUTHERN SONG-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY

The cylindrical cup is raised on three tab feet and is carved on the exterior with two archaistic phoenixes on a ground of small bosses, separated by the taotie mask on the loop handle. The greenish-grey stone has russet inclusions throughout.

3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high





Provenance

Wilfrid Fleisher (1897-1976) Collection, Stockholm.

Eskenazi Ltd., London.

Reach Family Collection.

Eskenazi Ltd., London, 2 November 1992.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

B. Gyllensvard, Celadon Jade, Stockholm, 1963, p. 33, no. 113.

D. Gure, "Selected Examples from the Jade Exhibition at Stockholm, 1963," Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, vol. 36, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 31, no. 4a-4b.

J. Ayers and J. Rawson, "Chinese Jade throughout the Ages," Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, vol. 40, 1975, no. 322.

Eskenazi Ltd., Chinese Jades from a Private Collection, London, 1976, pp. 28-29, cover and no. 14.

Eskenazi Ltd., Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection, London, 1989, pp. 22-23, no. 5.

J. Johnson and Chan Lai Pik, 5000 Years of Chinese Jade, San Antonio, 2011, p. 90, no. 54.

Eskenazi Ltd., A Dealer’s Hand: The Chinese Art World through the Eyes of Giuseppe Eskenazi, London, 2012, p. 237, pl. 160.

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 40-41, no. 15.



Exhibited

Stockholm, The National Museum, Celadon Jade, May-June 1963.

London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Chinese Jade throughout the Ages, 1 May-22 June 1975.

London, Eskenazi Ltd., Chinese Jades from a Private Collection, 8 June-9 July 1976.

London, Eskenazi Ltd., Chinese Art from the Reach Family Collection, 8-22 December 1989.

San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, 5000 Years of Chinese Jade, 1 October 2011-19 February 2012.
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