Two white jade cylindrical beads


The larger deftly carved in shallow relief with an elegant orchid and butterfly around the exterior, a calligraphic inscription and seal mark, all between key-fret borders, the stone of even pale-white tone, 6.2cm (2 1/2in) high; the smaller tube with raised bosses around the exterior, the stone of pale-white tone. 2.3cm (1in) long. (2).
|白玉管形飾兩件Provenance: Durwin Tang Collection來源：鄧德雍收藏The seal reads 'wen wan (文玩)' or 'object for enjoyment' and the inscription on the tube is a line by the poet Xu Wei 徐渭 (1521-1593) on orchids and reads: 一香已足壓千紅'The fragrance of one [orchid] is enough to surpass a thousand other flowers'.