A FINE PALE GREEN JADE DOUBLE-HANDLED BOWL 18th century The compressed globular body rising from a ring foot, finely carved in low relief with two flower-and-bird scenes depicting magpies perching on flowering prunus branches and blossoming lotus, the delicate leafy flower handles with elegantly-curved stems forming the loops, the stone of pale green tone scattered with icy inclusions. 12.3cm (4 7/8in) wide. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀 青白玉雕喜上枝頭活環耳盃 Provenance: an American private collection Marchant, London Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Marchant, 85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to Qing, London, November 2010, no.132 來源：美國私人舊藏 倫敦古董商Marchant 展覽著錄：Marchant，《85週年特展 – 中國玉器：由唐至清》，倫敦，2010年11月，編號132 See two related but larger jade bowls with openwork loose-ring handles, illustrated by Li Jiufang, The Palace Museum Collection of Chinese Jade, 6, Beijing, 1991, nos.314 and 316. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com