清十九世紀 粉晶雕梅樁形瓶

of large irregular outline, carved in the form of a prunus tree growing beside rockwork, the gnarled trunk hollowed and carved in relief and openwork with blossoming prunus buds and a pair of birds perched on branches 

Cortlandt F. Bishop（1870-1935）收藏
American Art Association，紐約，1935年11月21至23日，編號565

A large stone flaw extending approximately 2/3 of the way down from the rim, slightly stained. Further natural stone flaws and fissures elsewhere. Small chips to the edges and extremities of the carving, the largest to the tip of the prunus branch beneath the rim, measuring approximately 1 cm.
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