A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE EWER AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Of lobed baluster shape with a short tapering spout and an S-scroll handle terminating in a ruyi-head, carved in shallow relief around the body with blossoming peony, prunus, chrysanthemum and pomegranate branches issuing from rockwork, the domed cover with a knop finial above a band of further ruyi, the mottled stone of a dark green tone with darker and lighter inclusions
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
A CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE EWER AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
Of lobed baluster shape with a short tapering spout and an S-scroll handle terminating in a ruyi-head, carved in shallow relief around the body with blossoming peony, prunus, chrysanthemum and pomegranate branches issuing from rockwork, the domed cover with a knop finial above a band of further ruyi, the mottled stone of a dark green tone with darker and lighter inclusions
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high
