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107       A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
                ‘BATS AND DOUBLE GOURD’
                GROUP
       㶭 䘥
       ⋩ 䌱      QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
       ℓ 晽
       ᶾ 䤷      carved in the round as two double gourds suspended on a vine,
       䲨ġġġ 䤧   a bat with wings outstretched perched between the two, the
           暁    larger gourd shrouded by a broad leaf, the pale bright stone with
           ℐ    amber-russet skin on the reverse, pierced at the top and with a
           䎖    tourmaline bead

                Length 2¼ in., 5.8 cm


                PROVENANCE                                  Ը๕
                Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 25th April 1980.  œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹı⸜ĵ㚰ijĶ㖍
                Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)   ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ⃟㓞
                Irving, no. 302.                            啷炻䶐嘇Ĵıij
                $ 4,000-6,000















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