A PALE GREEN JADE POURING VESSEL, YI Ming Dynasty The oval body decorated with a central band of circular swirl-pattern and a stylised dragon-shaped handle, the stone of translucent pale green tone with white and russet inclusions. 11cm (4 3/8in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 明 青白玉雕仿古雲紋螭龍柄匜 Compare with a pale green jade pouring vessel, yi, late Ming/early Qing dynasty, with a stand inscribed with a Qianlong Imperial poem, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, of related form and similar archaic decoration, illustrated by Huei-Chung Tsao, Jade: From Emperors to Art Deco, Paris, 2016, no.152. For a similarly-shaped 'dragon' handle see a pale green jade pouring vessel, yi, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.67. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com