Of baluster form supported on a short spreading foot, the waisted neck flanked by a pair of openwork 'kui' dragon handles, finely carved to the front and back with the Eight Auspicious Emblems (bajixiang) amidst leafy scrolling blooms, the domed cover carved in low relief with a ruyi band and surmounted by a rectangular chamfered finial, the stone of deep green tone. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

Height: 11 7/8 in (30.1 cm) Width: 6 11/16 in (17.0 cm)

Provenance: Private collection, Boston, Massachusetts. Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1992.

For green jade vases of similar size, with slightly diff erent techniques and decorati ons, but with the same style of imitati ng archaic bronzes and with innovati ve forms during the Qianlong period, please refer to the Qianlong green jade vase with taoti e mask patt erns in the collecti on of the Nati onal Palace Museum in Taipei (Fig. 1.),Qing Dynasty Green Jade Vase with Kui dragon patt ern and Kui dragon ears in the Beijing Palace Museum (Fig. 2.), and Qing Dynasty Green Jade Vase with scrolling lotus foliage in the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum (Fig. 3.)