Lot 180. A pale celadon jade 'Crane and Deer' vase and cover, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Estimate 20,000 — 30,000 USD. Price Realized $910,000 . Photo Sotheby's

the flattened ovoid body rising from a stepped foot to a waisted neck with galleried rim, flanked by a pair of mythical beast handles suspending loose rings, carved in low relief on both sides with raised oval cartouches, one enclosing two deer in a rocky landscape, the other with a pair of cranes on rockwork, the sides carved with wutong and xiangchun trees, the stepped cover carved with archaistic scrolls and surmounted by a hollow knop, the stone of a smooth pale greenish-white color (2) - Height 11 3/8  in., 28.9 cm

Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Keane, Boston, for the Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence Keane Collection, 23rd September 1946 (accession no. 52.329a-b).

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 15 sept. 2015