Lot Essay
A white jade bottle of similar shape is illustrated in Snuff Bottles in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1991, p. 167, no. 166.
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PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1750-1850
Details
A WHITE JADE 'EGGPLANT' PENDANT
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1750-1850
The thick pendant is carved in the round as two eggplants borne on a leafy stem. Together with an olive-green and russet jade pendant carved as two lobed melons borne on a leafy vine, and on one side with a butterfly highlighted by the brownish mottling of the stone, as is a leaf above.
2¼ and 2 in. (5.7 and 5.2 cm.) high (2)
PROBABLY IMPERIAL, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PALACE WORKSHOPS, BEIJING, 1750-1850
The thick pendant is carved in the round as two eggplants borne on a leafy stem. Together with an olive-green and russet jade pendant carved as two lobed melons borne on a leafy vine, and on one side with a butterfly highlighted by the brownish mottling of the stone, as is a leaf above.
2¼ and 2 in. (5.7 and 5.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.
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Please note the dating of this lot should read 18th/19th century.
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