A pale green jade 'champion' vase


18th/19th centuryWell carved in double-cylindrical form, joined by a phoenix with outstretched wings and a loose ring suspended from its beak, perched on the head of a crouching beast, the tail feathers and rear haunches of each visible on the opposite side, carved below the rim of each cylinder with a broad band of bosses between further bands of archaistic scrolls and pendant cicada blades, the stone of a pale celadon tone with russet inclusions, box. 14.9cm (5 7/8in) high. (2).
|十八/十九世紀 青白玉英雄雙聯瓶 Provenance: Conrad W.Anner CollectionThe House of Jade, Stanley Charles Nott, New York, December 1960.Christie's New York, 18 March 2009, lot 440An important Asian private collection來源: Conrad W.Anner先生舊藏紐約古董商The House of Jade，1960年12月2009年3月18日於紐約佳士得拍賣，拍品440號A related vase, Qianlong mark and of the period, is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, Qing Dynasty, vol.10, Beijing, 2011, pl.149. Another related jade vase is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and is illustrated by S.Howard Hansford, Chinese Carved Jades, London, 1968, pl.94.