AN EXCEPTIONAL CARVED WHITE JADE LION DOG AND VASE WITH ZITAN WOOD STAND, China, Qianlong Period (1736-1795)

The lion dog is shown seated on its hind legs, neatly tucked beneath its stomach with its scrolling tail and curling brows, positioned next to an archaic Gu-form vase. The vase of flattened rectangular form with flared mouth is carved to the centre with an imposing elaborate taotie mask motif, surrounded by carved key fret design.

The zitan wood stand heavily carved with openwork and lingzhi fungus reaching continuously up to surround the feet of the dog and levelled in a flat support under the vase.

Provenienza: - C.C. TIH Gallery Princes Building Hong Kong 1973

                     - Private American Collection

Note Compare with the jade group carved with a lion and a Gu vase on a wooden stand in The National Palace Museum in Taipei, accession number 故玉002792N000000000.