A CARNELIAN 'PRUNUS AND LINGZHI' DOUBLE VASE, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

A CARNELIAN 'PRUNUS AND LINGZHI' DOUBLE VASE

QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

清十八 / 十九世紀 紅玉髓雕梅樁形花插

the milky white stone carved as two gnarled tree trunks forming the receptacles, conjoined by twisting branches and at the base, the vermilion extremities of the stone skillfully incorporated as stems of lingzhi and scattered prunus flowers in varying stages of bloom, the stone with icy veining 

Length 5¼ in., 13.4 cm