AN ARCHAISTIC YELLOW JADE ‘YINGXIONG’ FANGHU VASE

17TH CENTURY

HEIGHT: 7.5CM

The miniature vase, loosely harking back to a Han dynasty prototype, is of square section, with tapered sides surmounted by an everted rim. The shoulders of the vessel are carved in low relief with cicada registers below decorative loop handles flanking the neck, set with an eagle with its wings and long feathers hugging the sides. The eagle is perched atop a crouching bear, rising from the base.

PROVENANCE
A French Private Collection

十七世紀青黃玉仿古英雄防壺