A RARE INCISED 'IMMORTAL EMBLEM' JADEITE BOWL


19th centuryCarved with wide flaring sides rising from the well to a lipped rim, supported on a short slightly flared foot ring, the sides thinly carved to display the translucency and bright green stone with cloudy white inclusion and apple-green streaks, the exterior incised with a ribbon-tied flute repeated four times amid clouds, wood stand. 5 1/2in (14.2cm) diam. (2).
|十九世紀 翠玉刻暗仙紋盌Provenance:Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), thence by descentThe flute is the symbol of Han Xiangzi, one of the 'Eight Immortals.' It is likely that the present lot was part of a set of eight bowls, each incised with the symbol of one of the 'Eight Immortals.'