A CELADON JADE 'BAMBOO' DOUBLE VASE 17TH / 18TH CENTURY |

carved in the round as three stalks of bamboo, two well-hollowed to form receptacles, the sides with bamboo leaves and further shoots carved in high relief and openwork, two registers of nodes encircling the lower body, the stone a translucent celadon with faint icy inclusions and occasional russet streaks

Collection of James W. Alsdorf (1913-1990).
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 31st January 1986.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 46.

Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 1970, cat. no. J35.

The leaf to the lower left side (using the catalogue image) was broken in half and now glued back. Surface with minor nicks and a few small chips to the leaves.There are a couple of fine natural fissures to the openwork.
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For related vases, see a white jade example sold in these rooms, 7th October 1971, lot 226. Compare also examples carved with phoenix, including two sold at Christie's London, the first 15th July 2005, lot 332, the second 13th May 2008, lot 96. Such double vases are also found carved with pine and prunus to form the 'Three Friends of Winter': see one sold in these rooms, 15th March 2017, lot 749. Another, formerly in the collection of Alan and Simone Hartman and carved with one bamboo stalk and a section of pine tree, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2006, lot 1378.