A grey jade 'Three Friends of Winter' double vase


18th centuryNaturalistically modelled as two pine trunks well hollowed to form the vessel, carved in openwork with bamboo stalks and gnarled prunus and pine trees growing to the side, deftly depicted with a bat in flight joining the two trunks, the smoothly polished stone of black and grey tone, the light grey inclusions ingeniously worked to highlight the branches, wood stand. 9cm (3 1/2in) high (2).
|十八世紀 墨玉巧雕歲寒三友花插Provenance:The Marquis & Marquise de Ganay, Courances, FranceMarchant, LondonExhibited, Published and Illustrated:Marchant, 90th Anniversary Exhibition: Ninety Jades for 90 Years, London, 2015, no.84來源：法國庫朗塞de Ganay侯爵伉儷舊藏倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄：Marchant，《玉器九十，90週年特展》，倫敦，2015年，編號84墨玉質，色如炭，間有灰白玉色，瓶身雕作梅樁和松樁，梅樁高身，一側鏤雕梅枝，枝頭花開數朵，花瓣花蕊皆具，梅樁底部白玉處又俏雕水仙竹葉，松枝過處接與梅樁，梅樁口沿處又俏雕蝙蝠一隻，松樁表面淺刻松皮，一側白玉處巧雕竹枝。松竹梅三清，宋代以來文士藝匠常以為題，著名者有南宋趙孟堅所繪《歲寒三友圖》，現藏台北故宮，見國立故宮博物院編輯委員會編，《宋代書畫冊頁名品特展》，台北，1995年，頁298。北京故宮藏有兩件玉雕俏色梅竹花插可供參考，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇8》，北京，2011年，編號180及186，頁223及227。