A SPINACH JADE 'DOUBLE BAMBOO' VASE INCISED MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG

naturalistically carved as two hollow stems of bamboo with attendant leafy stalks issuing from the nodes, on the reverse a budding shoot growing from the base and a sprig of linghzi sprouting in the front, the smoothly polished stone of bright spinach-green colour with some paler yellowish-green undertones and black inclusions, the recessed base of the larger stem incised with a four-character seal mark, carved wood stand

Collection of Philip Cardeiro, California.

The Property of Mr. Philip Cardeiro, Knapton & Rasti Asian Art, London, November 2009, no. 141.

The vase is overall in very good condition with only a tiny nick and light nibblings to the rim of the larger stem. There is some pitting on the natural russet veining at the bottom on the reverse.
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Compare a spinach jade 'bamboo' vase in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 51.