A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE PEAR-SHAPED VESSEL 18TH/19TH CENTURY Raised on a splayed foot, decorated with bands of geometric patterns and archaistic scrolls, set with two loop handles to one side, one with a suspended loose ring, the stone of an even tone with minor white and russet inclusions, 15.8cm. Provenance: from the collection of Brian Tisdall (1934-2008) and Christa Tisdall (1936-88) who lived in Hong Kong from the early 1960s until 1987. Their collection was mostly formed in Hong Kong in the 1970s, they were advised by James C Y Watt and Brian McElney. James C Y Watt is a well known expert in early Chinese jades; Brian McElney is a renowned collector and connoisseur who founded the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.