Celadon jade (nephrite) bowl or brush China, 18th/19th century In the form of a folded lotus leaf, with leaves, a flower, a shell, and the stem forming a base. A stem and a flower are broken. Openwork wooden base Length: 16.3 cm Provenance: Drouot, Paris (Maître Beaumont), March 1993, lot 61 This lot was part of the collection of a geology enthusiast from Lyon, built up between 1970 and 1990.