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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A MELON
AND TREE-SHREW
18th century
The large pebble naturalistically carved as a ripe melon borne on
a gnarled branch and issuing leafy tendrils, a small tree-shrew
clambering up the side, the stone of pale green tone with
russet-brown patches.
7cm (2 6/8in) high.

£2,500 - 3,500
CNY23,000 - 32,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 青玉隨形瓜鼠把件

See a similar jade carving of a melon, 18th century, illustrated by
H.K.F.Hui, T.Yee-wan Pang, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades
for the Scholar’s Table, Hong Kong, 2008, no.113; see another
example illustrated by M-F.Burkart-Bauer, Chinesische Jaden aus drei
Jahrtausenden, Zurich, 1986, no.223. Another related example is
illustrated by J.J.Norwich, The Burrell Collection, London, 1983, p.69,
fig.7 (right).

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