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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
AN EMBELLISHED HARDSTONE MODEL OF A TREE IN A SPINACH-GREEN JADE-INSET CARVED RED LACQUER JARDINIÈRE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
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AN EMBELLISHED HARDSTONE MODEL OF A TREE IN A SPINACH-GREEN JADE-INSET CARVED RED LACQUER JARDINIÈRE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Each side of the octagonal jardinière inset with a reticulated spinach-green jade "melon" plaque, with the figures of two boys in white jade and several hardstone rocks at the base of the tree, the faux-wood branches bearing white hardstone "prunus blossoms" embellished with green "buds" and seed pearls
22 ½ in. (57.1 cm.) high
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Each side of the octagonal jardinière inset with a reticulated spinach-green jade "melon" plaque, with the figures of two boys in white jade and several hardstone rocks at the base of the tree, the faux-wood branches bearing white hardstone "prunus blossoms" embellished with green "buds" and seed pearls
22 ½ in. (57.1 cm.) high
Provenance
G. J. Marsh & Co., Monterey, California, 1965.
The Irving Collection, no. 212.
The Irving Collection, no. 212.