Details
TWO WHITE JADE CARVINGS
QIANLONG
Both of even white color, one a double-gourd pendant borne on a leafy vine carved in high relief on one side, the reverse with a recessed panel of conforming outline enclosing a three-legged toad issuing vapor containing a bat; the other a ring carved in relief with two dragons--each 2 3/8 in. (6cm.) across, brocade boxes (2)
QIANLONG
Both of even white color, one a double-gourd pendant borne on a leafy vine carved in high relief on one side, the reverse with a recessed panel of conforming outline enclosing a three-legged toad issuing vapor containing a bat; the other a ring carved in relief with two dragons--each 2 3/8 in. (6cm.) across, brocade boxes (2)
Provenance
Dr. Robert Bloch
Literature
The pendant: Robert Bloch, Jade, Munich, 1979, pl. 99 and 100, pp. 148 and 149