A CHINESE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' VASE AND COVER
Lot 285 WORKS OF ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF HUGH AND MARION SASSOON

A CHINESE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' VASE AND COVER

18TH-19TH CENTURY

Closed8 June 2021

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A CHINESE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' VASE AND COVER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Of flattened form, each broad side carved in relief with a roundel depicting a dragon in pursuit of the flaming pearl, all encircled by the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, the neck flanked by a pair of elephant heads with loose ring handles
9 ½ in. (24.2 cm.) high

Mrs Doris Herschorn (d. 1975) and by descent to her son Hugh Sassoon.