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JADE CARVINGS
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE DOUBLE-GOURD CARVING
18TH CENTURY
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE DOUBLE-GOURD CARVING
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a double gourd borne on a gnarled stem bearing further smaller gourds, tendrils and leaves, in which a pair of bats can be seen in flight, some of the leaves and the gourd with insect nibbles, the pale greyish-green stone with some fine opaque white and pale russet mottling
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a double gourd borne on a gnarled stem bearing further smaller gourds, tendrils and leaves, in which a pair of bats can be seen in flight, some of the leaves and the gourd with insect nibbles, the pale greyish-green stone with some fine opaque white and pale russet mottling
5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high