清十八世紀 白玉和合二仙紋插瓶

deftly carved and hollowed in the form of a flattened vase issuing from rockwork and lingzhi, flanked by two boys, one climbing up the side of the vase and another below holding stems of prunus flowers in one hand and chrysanthemum in the other, the semi-translucent stone with some cloud-white inclusions, wood stand

This jade vase is in good condition, but has had a small chip polished out to the leaf at the rim of the vase. The actual colour is more green compared with the catalogue illustration.
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「和合二仙」瓶兩例，其一售於1988年10月28日，編號268；另為連蓋款，售於1994年6月7日；又見一例，售於香港蘇富比1989年5月18日，編號840；另兩例見於紐約蘇富比分別售於1988年4月7/8日，編號182及1991年11月26日，編號9。