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A RARE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BITTER MELON
18th/19th century
The carving formed as two bitter melons, naturalistically carved with
an insect resting on the side and leafy tendrils wrapped around the
textured skin, the stone of a celadon tone with small russet inclusions
the stone of a pale even tone with minor cloudy inclusions.
8cm (3 1/8in) long

£4,000 - 6,000 CNY37,000 - 55,000
HK$44,000 - 66,000

十八/十九世紀 白玉錦荔枝把件 Image courtesy of
The Palace Museum, Beijing
Compare a related white jade bitter melon, Qing dynasty, illustrated
in Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade 9 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, pl.164.

See a related pale celadon jade carving of a bitter melon, 18th/19th
century, sold at Christie’s London, 14 May 2013, lot 55.