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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 230

A WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE GOURD AND KATYDID' PENDANT, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

A WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE GOURD AND KATYDID' PENDANT
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 白玉雕瓜藤蟈蟈珮 《子岡》仿款

finely carved in the form of a large gourd attached to a gnarled vine issuing furled leaves and curling tendrils, detailed with a
katydid chewing a flower on one side, carved with an apocryphal Zigang seal mark in low relief, the stone white with a pale celadon
tinge

Height 2¼ in., 5.7 cm

Provenance
R. Bensabott, Chicago, 1st August 1946.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
R. Bensabott，芝加哥，1946年8月1日
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
The present carving is rare for its combination of subject matter. The double gourd is a symbol of male progeny, while
the katydid is a homonym for 'brother', and together they convey the auspicious meaning of wishing one to have more than one

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