A 'BOYS WITH BIANHU' JADE GROUP, MID-QING
China, 18th - 19th century. The incense holder carved as a moonflask (bianhu) with spreading rectangular foot and short waisted neck as well as two small pierced lug handles, flanked by two crouching boys, one holding a ribboned chime, with smiling faces. The translucent stone of a pale celadon tone with cloudy white inclusions.

Provenance: From a French private collection.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear. The stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks over time. The vase probably once had a cover, as indicated by the profiled inner rim.

Weight: 132.6 g
Dimensions: Width 9.5 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare a related yellow jade vase with boys, dated to the 18th century, but the vase with a cover, at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 8 April 2014, lot 3042, sold for HKD 2,320,000.

清代中期“童子扁壺”香插
中國，十八至十九世紀。香插雕刻成扁壺形，方口，雙環耳，兩側各有一個童子，其中一個手提編鐘。兩個雕刻細膩精緻。淺青色半透明玉料，含白色絮狀物。

來源：法國私人收藏
品相：狀況極好，輕微磨損。具有天然脈理的石料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些可能會發展成細小的裂縫。 花瓶可能曾經有一個蓋子，如內邊緣所示。

重量：132.6 克
尺寸：寬9.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較：一件十八世紀褐斑黃玉童子蓋瓶擺件，見香港蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2014年4月 8日 lot 3042, 售價HKD 2,320,000。