Jade Basket

Probably imperial, 1750-1830
Height: 5.42 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.46/2.35 cm
Stopper: glass carved with a coiled chi dragon; glass collar

Provenance:
S. Marchant & Son, London, February 2001
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.

 

Translucent greenish-white nephrite; with a small mouth, concave lip with a flat, outer lip-rim, and very slightly recessed flat, oval foot surrounded by a protruding flattened, oval foot rim; carved to simulate a protective, wicker container around the body of the bottle edged top and bottom with a thin, raised band.

Alexander Whittaker