A very pale green jade 'double vase' group


18th century Well carved with two hollowed vases surrounded by pine tree branches and lingzhi fungus, beside the larger vase with a pair of archaistic phoenix handles a deer looks back at a crane perched on the lingzhi, the stone of a pale celadon tone with milky white inclusions and some dark streaks, wood stand. 17.8cm (7in) wide. (2).
|十八世紀 青白玉鶴鹿同春雙聯尊Provenance: Maurice (1853-1922) and Marguerite Sulzbach (1863-1945), and thence by descent來源： Maurice(1853-1922)及Marguerite Sulzbach(1863-1945)伉儷收藏，並由後人保存迄今Maurice Sigismund Sulzbach (1853-1922), was born in Frankfurt am Main, to a banking family. He moved to Paris in December 1882, when he married Marguerite Ida Premsel. He was an academic collector with extremely eclectic tastes ranging from Dutch old master paintings to objects of Islamic and Asian art. He donated several items to the Louvre before he died. His wife Marguerite was more attracted to contemporary art and befriended many painters such as Maurice Denis, Jean Louis Forain and, later on, the Japanese artist Foujita. Marguerite was also an artist in her own right and started painting on porcelain at an early age and later created works in pottery at a kiln installed in her home.