18th century Masterfully carved and well hollowed as an ovoid vase and cover emerging from a tapering base carved in the form of a rocky outcrop above carefully incised waves, the side walls encircled by four Immortals vividly depicted with a jovial expression, including Hehe Erxian with one holding a wicker box and the other with a double gourd, all below Liu Hai with a three-legged toad and a fourth Immortal carrying a fly whisk amidst clouds, the softly polished stone of even pale green tone, wood stand. 18.8cm (7 3/8in) high. (3).Footnotes十八世紀 青白玉雕四仙拱壽蓋瓶 Provenance: Manheim Galleries, New Orleans, acquired in 2001 Bonhams San Francisco, 24 June 2013, lot 1018 A distinguished Asian private collection 來源： Manheim Galleries畫廊，美國新紐奧爾良，於2001年獲得 三藩市邦瀚斯，2013年6月24日，拍品編號1018 顯赫亞洲私人收藏 The present lot demonstrates the outstanding craftsmanship and creativity achieved in the jade ateliers during the 18th century. This is evident in the superb composition, openwork carving, individual detailing of each figure and the realistic rendering of the clouds and rocky outcrop. The depiction of four Immortals, including Shide and Hanshan known as the Hehe Erxian, together with Liu Hai and Li Tieguai can also be found in a Ming dynasty painting by Shang Xi (active 15th century), in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Tracing the Che School in Chinese Painting, Taipei, 2008, pp171-172. The integration of vase and cover in the three-dimensional carving can be seen on several jade carvings in the Qing Court Collection; for two such examples see a yellow jade carving of two vases and three rams, Qianlong seal mark and period; and a spinach-green jade carving of dragon and phoenix and a vase, Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, nos.30 and 44. See also a related white jade carving of a raft and Immortals, Qianlong, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 29 May 2018, lot 36. 「四仙拱壽圖」有祝壽的寓意，主題結合了佛、道兩教人物，包括全真教五祖之一的劉海蟾、持葫蘆的李鐵拐、以及唐代禪宗僧寒山和拾得。參看台北故宮博物院藏明商喜「四仙拱壽圖」，著錄於陳階晉、賴毓芝主編，《追索浙派》，台北，2008年，頁171-172。 此蓋瓶設計巧思，這類結合圓雕動物或人物的蓋瓶，在清宮舊藏陳設玉器中也有所見，如北京故宮博物院藏一件清乾隆黃玉三陽開泰雙連瓶，以及一件清代碧玉雕龍鳳紋瓶，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編10·清》，北京，2010年，圖30及44。香港邦瀚斯曾售出一件清乾隆白玉雕仙人乘槎船形寶瓶，亦雕刻相同的四仙，2018年5月29日，拍品編號36。