A PALE GREEN JADE 'MAGNOLIA' VASE 18th century Naturalistically carved as a deeply-hollowed flower head carved as a tall magnolia blossom formed by layers of overlapping and curling petals, flanked by smaller buds, all stemming from a gnarled branch, the stone of pale green tone flecked with icy inclusions, wood stand. 14cm (5 1/2in) high. (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀 青白玉木蘭花插 Provenance: an English private collection, and thence by descent Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 255 來源：英國私人舊藏，並由後人保存 倫敦邦瀚斯，2017年5月11日，拍品編號255 See a similar white jade magnolia vase, Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Woolf Collection of Chinese Jade, London, 2013, no.78; and another example illustrated by G.Wong and G.Eck Kheng, Imperial Life in the Qing Dynasty: Treasures from the Shenyang Palace Museum, China, Singapore, 1989, p.93. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com