Description
The slender shape vase with a small round foot and a wide-mouthed neck carved with ascending leaves. The body is carved with floral scrolls. The sides of the vase with two lion masks handles. The jade with a beautiful pure white shade, nicely polished and with a great quality of carving. This type of miniature item was really sough-after by the Chinese aristocracy, especially jade pieces which were kept in “treasure boxes”.
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A white jade miniature vase
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