A WHITE JADE 'WATER CHESTNUT' GROUP
A WHITE JADE 'WATER CHESTNUT' GROUP

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE 'WATER CHESTNUT' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Well-carved in the form of a water chestnut, elegantly encircled by lingzhi sprigs borne on stems issuing further leaves, naturalistically depicted with either overturned or upturned undulating edges, with veins in relief on the underside, the stone of even whiteness suffused with small russet and opaque inclusions

2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

For a similar group, see an example illustrated by Burkart-Bauer, Chinesische Jaden aus drei Jahrtausenden, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 1986, no. 218, pp. 139-40. Note also a related example by M. Tregear, One Man's Taste: Treasures from the Lakeside Pavilion, Baur Collection, Geneva, 1989, no. J.2, p. 14.

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