Lot Essay
Compare with three tree-trunk vases of similar style in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 6, pp. 92-93, nos. 140-143.
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Details
A FINELY CARVED PALE CELADON JADE DOUBLE-VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The double-vase naturalistically composed as a rectangular bamboo stalk and a section of pine tree, surrounded by lingzhi fungus and leafy pine and bamboo branches supporting two birds, the semi-translucent stone of an even pale celadon tone
4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) high, stand
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The double-vase naturalistically composed as a rectangular bamboo stalk and a section of pine tree, surrounded by lingzhi fungus and leafy pine and bamboo branches supporting two birds, the semi-translucent stone of an even pale celadon tone
4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
The Countess of Halifax
Christie's London, 13 February 1978, lot 115
Christie's New York, 29 June 1981, lot 160
Christie's London, 13 February 1978, lot 115
Christie's New York, 29 June 1981, lot 160
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 117
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004