AN ELABORATELY CARVED JADEITE VASE,the vase of flattened circular form rising from a rockwork base, carved on one side in high relief with a phoenix perched on rockwork next to flowering peonies, the reverse carved in low relief with a similar flowering branch issuing from rockwork, all beneath a band of ruyi lappets encircling the neck, the stone of mottled apple-green colour with emerald and darker moss-green inclusions (chips), 19th Century