M5572
£15,000
Description
Large Chinese spinach jade double trunk spill-holder, naturalistically carved with a standing crane and a standing phoenix bird amongst openwork branches of pine and prunus in high relief, above further branches of bamboo and lingzhi fungus, the underside also naturalistically carved as a gnarled trunk.
Early Qianlong, circa 1740.
6 inches, 15.2 cm high
Fitted antique wood stand
Condition
In good condition. A tiny nicks to some branches.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Sotheby’s London in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Works of Art, 6th December 1994, lot 81.
- Formerly in an English private collection, East Anglia
- A similar example in the Gugong is illustrated by Zheng Xin Miao in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Vol. 8, no. 185, p. 226.
- The carving on this vase is extremely clever, particularly in the way the gnarled branches and tree trunk.
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