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14 ⋩ 曺 A CELADON JADE ‘BAMBOO’
ᶫġ 䌱
İġ 晽 DOUBLE VASE
⋩ 䪡 17TH / 18TH CENTURY
ℓ 䭨
ᶾ ⼊ carved in the round as three stalks of bamboo, two well-hollowed
䲨ġġġ 剙 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

Height 7¾ in., 19.8 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Collection of James W. Alsdorf (1913-1990). ŋŢŮŦŴġŘįġłŭŴťŰųŧġĩIJĺIJĴĮIJĺĺıġĪġ㓞啷
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 31st January 1986. œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹķ⸜IJ㚰ĴIJ㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
Irving, no. 46.
㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĵķ
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎ
Chinese Art from the Collection of James W. and Marilynn ˪ńũŪůŦŴŦġłųŵġŧųŰŮġŵũŦġńŰŭŭŦŤŵŪŰůġŰŧġŋŢŮŦŴġŘįġŢůťġ
Alsdorf, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, 1970, cat. no. J35. ŎŢųŪŭźůůġłŭŴťŰųŧ˫炻łųŵŴġńŭŶţġŰŧġńũŪŤŢŨŰ炻剅≈
For related vases, see a white jade example sold in these rooms, ⒍炻IJĺĸı⸜炻䶐嘇ŋĴĶ
7th October 1971, lot 226. Compare also examples carved with
phoenix, including two sold at Christie’s London, the Þ rst 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.
$ 20,000-30,000

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