A Tibetan silver, jade, coral and hardstone mounted ewer, la...

Hammer

£2,600

A Tibetan silver, jade, coral and hardstone mounted ewer, late 19th century, the Chinese pale celadon jades, 18th/19th century the pear shaped vessel inset to each side with a pale celadon jade oval plaque, one depicting Liu Hai and his three legged toad, the opposing side a boy carrying a sprig of lingzhi fungus in a rockwork landscape, the scroll work handle mounted with a pale celadon jade ‘dragon’ belt hook, the spout modelled as a mythical beast head, with filigree work, coral, turquoise and lapis lazuli mounted borders, 24.5cm high, finial lacking stones

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The silver is heavily tarnished, the finial to the cover is lacking a flower head stone to the top and three tiny sections of turquoise to the underside. The chain between the cover and handle has split. The jade plaques and jade mounted handle have natural inclusions to the stone but appear to be in good condition, all the other inlay is present, some old dirt residue in places.