Two white jade double-gourd toggles
Two white jade double-gourd toggles
Qing dynasty
The larger of irregular bulbous shape, deeply undercut and hollowed as two bats hovering amid gourds hanging on a leafy vine, the remains of pebble's russet 'skin' preserved on one large leaf at the base of the otherwise milky-white stone; the smaller of flattened oval profile carved in high relief with gourds hanging under a curled leaf on one side and reversed by one large leaf using the pale russet 'skin' of the original pebble.
2 1/8 and 1 7/8in (5.5 and 4.6cm) long (2).
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Two white jade double-gourd toggles
Qing dynasty
The larger of irregular bulbous shape, deeply undercut and hollowed as two bats hovering amid gourds hanging on a leafy vine, the remains of pebble's russet 'skin' preserved on one large leaf at the base of the otherwise milky-white stone; the smaller of flattened oval profile carved in high relief with gourds hanging under a curled leaf on one side and reversed by one large leaf using the pale russet 'skin' of the original pebble.
2 1/8 and 1 7/8in (5.5 and 4.6cm) long (2).
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