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(US$5,000-8,000)
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A WHITE JADE MELON GROUP
18TH CENTURY
Finely carved in the round as two overlapping melons, both attached to gnarled branches conjoin as a single spray issuing broad tripartite leaves, each of the melons is decorated in shallow relief with a butterfly and vines along the body, the stone of even white colour
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide
18TH CENTURY
Finely carved in the round as two overlapping melons, both attached to gnarled branches conjoin as a single spray issuing broad tripartite leaves, each of the melons is decorated in shallow relief with a butterfly and vines along the body, the stone of even white colour
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide