Lot 3656. A celadon jade dragon-handled washer, Ming dynasty, 17th century; 12.8 cm., 5 in. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 HKD. Lot sold 75,000 HKD. © Sotheby's

of shallow rounded form, the exterior carved on one side in high relief and openwork with a chilongclambering sinuously with its head and paws resting on the rim, the other similarly carved with a leafy scroll issuing a stylised lotus bud on the rim, the interior of the bowl with a central whorl radiating incised lines simulating petals, the stone of a pale green colour mottled with faint russet inclusions.

Provenance: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17th/18th May 1988, lot 634.