California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 October 05, 2019  October 05, 2019

 Lot # 8125 
A YELLOW JADE CARVED 'LINGZHI' FLOWER VASE    清中期 黃玉巧雕俏色靈芝紋杯


  • Dimension: Height: 7 1/4 in (18.4 cm) Length: 4 in (10.2 cm) Width: 3 in (7.6 cm)
  • Estimate From: $3500
  • Estimate To: $6500

Carved in the form of a large lingzhi head, the exterior rendered in high-relief with the smaller lingzhi heads growing from the underneath branches and stems forming the base, the stone is of yellow tone with russet inclusions. Mid-Qing Dynasty period.


Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles, acquired in Japan in 1990s.
此黃玉瓶整雕而成,玉質瑩潤,色純質密,包漿自然,造型別緻。內部深掏膛,留厚壁,口沿呈如意式,精心剖制打磨。器身以深棕色皮色巧雕枝幹盤區的靈芝、層次分明,極具立體感。野生靈芝生於深山枯樹,數量稀少珍貴,覓到已是祥瑞之兆,其入藥功效極佳,被視為靈丹妙藥,能醫百病,使人長生不老,故用來祝賀健康長壽最好不過。該器構思妙趣橫生,構圖飽滿和諧,紋飾一氣呵成,形制自然高雅,意境清風浩蕩,雕琢細膩精緻,材質精良上佳,為難得一見之清代陳設佳品。 來源:洛杉磯私人藏家收藏 約90年代購於日本