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A FINELY CARVED OPENWORK SPINACH-GREEN JADE POMANDER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Comprised of two fitted oval plaques, finely carved in reticulation and varying degrees of relief, on one side with a leafy spray of finger citron enclosed within a ruyi-head linked lozenge, surrounded by sprays of prunus and bamboo, the other side similarly carved with a central cluster of pomegranates surrounded by peonies, the stone of a bright spinach-green tone
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Comprised of two fitted oval plaques, finely carved in reticulation and varying degrees of relief, on one side with a leafy spray of finger citron enclosed within a ruyi-head linked lozenge, surrounded by sprays of prunus and bamboo, the other side similarly carved with a central cluster of pomegranates surrounded by peonies, the stone of a bright spinach-green tone
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) long
Provenance
Elizabeth Gibson Holahan, Rochester, New York