A CELADON JADE 'THREE FRIENDS' VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

of flattened baluster shape, the neck flanked by square scroll handles, the body carved in high relief with the ‘Three Friends of Winter’ issuing from rockwork, the gnarled branches extended to the reverse with lingzhi sprays, the domed cover surmounted by reticulated prunus branches, the stone of a pale celadon tone mottled with milky-white inclusions, wood stand

Acquired in the UK, circa 1958-1963.

The vase is in good condition with the exception of loss to the tip of one bamboo leaf to the lower leftof the reverse side, a tiny nick to the rim and to the outside edge of one handle. and a tiny nick to the foliage on the top of the finial.
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