Lot 149
![[COLLECTION OF A BRITISH FAMILY] CHINESE MINIATURE WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET INCLUSIONS 'ARCHAISTIC' ARROW 'HU' VASE AND COVER](https://media.app.artisio.co/media/104cbde6-0d38-43cb-9e0f-bb721ef57bcf/inventory/349c374b-5494-4c73-afc2-6f16919d6b48/c39b3bff-33a7-4a6a-a38d-6bbfd601f40e/0001_nscNfX_original.jpeg)
[COLLECTION OF A BRITISH FAMILY] CHINESE MINIATURE WHITE JADE WITH RUSSET INCLUSIONS 'ARCHAISTIC' ARROW 'HU' VASE AND COVER
QING DYNASTY
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清 白玉带泌雕仿古弦紋貫耳袖珍瓶 帶龍紋蓋
following the archaic bronze hu prototype, the neck and shoulder carved with three parallel raised bands, flanked by a pair of tubular handles, the domed cover carved in low relief with a sinuous chilong dragon, all supported by a spreading foot ring, the creamy translucent stone with white tone and natural russet inclusions
Dimensions
6.5cm high with lid
Provenance
Property of a British Family
英國藏家收藏
Footnote
See white jade hu form vase and dragon-relief cover, dated to Song/Yuan dynasty, closely comparable in form and design, in Jade, Roger Keverne London: Lorenz Books, 1995, fig. 8, p. 131. Another comparable miniature yellowish-celadon jade archaistic vase and cover, Ming dynasty, was in the R.H.R Palmer Collection, and sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 12 Dec 2024, lot 1573.