Pair of xiu yu jade elongated flowers. Flowers of this type are still plentiful in China and we believe that the ones in the Lowlands-collection all date from the 19th century. The workmanship on these relatively easy to carve flowers is quite good. A similar type of flower in jade (nr 231) is depicted in professor Cheng Te-k’un’s book ‘Jade Flowers and Floral Patterns in Chinese Decorative Art’。