A LARGE SPINACH GREEN JADE VASE

Description:

China, engraved six-character mark Qianlong, 18th cent.
H. 22,1 cm
Pear-shaped, resting on a flared foot, the body decorated with archaic taotie masks in low relief surrounded by raised borders, the neck with a pair of openwork handles in the form of ruyi sceptres, the stone in an attractive spinach green colour with lighter and darker spots, the base with engraved Qianlong mark, wooden stand
From an important German private collection, acquired at Sotheby's London, 19 December 1980, lot 207 (copy of purchase invoice preserved) - Very slightly chipped