An unusual Chinese pale spinach green jade 'pine and prunus' vase, Qing dynasty, 18th century, naturalistically hollowed as two tree trunks with gnarled pine, prunus and lingzhi growing on the exterior, the stone of a translucent olive-green tone suffused with black and lighter inclusions, old label on base, the jade 10.5cm high x 8cm wide, fitted silver metal inlaid and wave carved wood stand Provenance: South African Collection 清18世纪 碧玉松芝图花插 拍品来源：南非私人收藏 Condition Report: 7mm x 3mm (approximately) chip to pine leaf to side of vase and some natural flaws to jade through out and very minor white flaw to rim of larger trunk (could be a natural flaw or small bruise) wood stand with silver work lacking at back with holes where there was once a silver leaf or similar and chip missing to wood stand at one end Condition Report Disclaimer