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A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE DOUBLE-GOURD GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The flattened pebble is elaborately carved in high relief and pierced to depict a large double-gourd, naturalistically rendered with insect holes, growing on a gnarled stem bearing four smaller gourds of varying sizes to the sides, detailed with two bats in flight, the cream-white stone with areas of opaque white inclusions and suffused with flecks of russet highlighting the carving
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high, stand
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The flattened pebble is elaborately carved in high relief and pierced to depict a large double-gourd, naturalistically rendered with insect holes, growing on a gnarled stem bearing four smaller gourds of varying sizes to the sides, detailed with two bats in flight, the cream-white stone with areas of opaque white inclusions and suffused with flecks of russet highlighting the carving
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
Spink and Son Ltd., London
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.204.
Exhibited
Christie's New York, March 13-26, 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004