Imperial Grey

Palace workshops, Beijing, 1680-1780
Height:  5.02 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.78/1.16 cm
Stopper: jadeite

Provenance:
A private American collection
Christie’s, New York, 25 March 2011, lot 1564
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

Published:
JICISBS, 44/3 (Winter 2012), 5, fig. 5, top left

 

Translucent, flawless grey nephrite; well hollowed with a wide mouth, convex lip, and recessed flat, circular foot; carved around the centre of the body with a horizontal, raised rib and at the shoulders with a mantle of five formalized lingzhi heads.

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