le récipient aplati de forme fuselée émergeant d'une gueule d'animal fabuleux grande ouverte aux yeux globuleux et aux cornes courbées, le pourtour profondément sculpté de chilong sinueux évoluant sur fond de nuages stylisés, flanqué d'un côté d'une anse retenant un anneau mobile et de l'autre d'un petit oiseau, le col ondulé accueillant un couvercle surmonté d'une tête de chilong (2)

Acquired in China between 1894 and 1922. 
Thence in the family by descent.

The left wing of the small bird on one side of the rhyton is broken off and missing. There is a ca. 0.5cm long natural flaw/hairline to the rim of the rhyton. There are minute fritts to the rim of the rhyton and the rim of the cover. The jade is transclucent and of a dark celadon tone with a russet vein that has been incorporated into the design.
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