A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE LOBED VASE, LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY

A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE LOBED VASE

LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH CENTURY 

明末 十六 / 十七世紀 雞骨玉雕詩文菱花式瓶

formerly an ewer, the fluted sides rising from a slender lower body to a rounded shoulder and upright floriform neck, each side carved in relief with a poetic inscription in calligraphic script and flanked by incised panels of beribboned Buddhist emblems, the opaque stone ranging in tone from beige to deep olive-green, fitted wood stand (2)

Height 8⅜ in., 21.3 cm