A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL, YI Ming DynastyA London private collection of jade carvings and Chinese works of art, lots 1-104A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL, YIMing DynastyThe rounded body of oval section set over a conforming foot, rising to an everted rim extending at one end for pouring, the opposite end set with a scrolling loop handle, the exterior carved with a central band of C-scroll patterns beneath a key-scroll band below the rim.15cm (5 7/8in) longProvenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.