Jade jug with an archaistic bronze motif

Image attached to ML.6-1992

An image of Tankard/Jug. Decorated with a band of archaistic bronze motif around the neck. Pale taupe nephrite with incised decoration. Of oval baluster form with a ring handle and oval footring. Decorated round the rim with a narrow band of key ornament and at the level of the handle with a wider band of circles containing C-scrolls, and areas of hatching. The footring is decorated with key ornament. Height 10.6 cm. Probably Song Dynasty (960-1279). Chinese.

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Tankard/Jug. Decorated with a band of archaistic bronze motif around the neck. Pale taupe nephrite with incised decoration. Of oval baluster form with a ring handle and oval footring. Decorated round the rim with a narrow band of key ornament and at the level of the handle with a wider band of circles containing C-scrolls, and areas of hatching. The footring is decorated with key ornament. Height 10.6 cm. Probably Song Dynasty (960-1279). Chinese.