A white jade 'gourd' plaque and a pale green jade 'deer' plaque
Mid Qing dynastyDeftly carved in the form of a double gourd borne on leafy branches, the reverse slightly recessed forming the well with a clambering chilong, the translucent white stone with a russet marking, 5cm (2in) long; the pale green jade plaque intricately carved in openwork with a recumbent deer clasping a large leafy lingzhi spray in its mouth, 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long. (2).
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清中期 白玉雕葫蘆螭龍紋配飾及青玉雕鹿銜芝佩 一組兩件Provenance:Christie's Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 41 (gourd)Dr Stefanos Bakker (1896-1959), acquired in China in the 1930s (deer)Marchant, London來源:巴黎佳士得,2012年12月19日,拍品編號41(葫蘆配飾)Stefanos Bakker博士(1896-1959)舊藏,於1930年代購於中國倫敦Marchant 葫蘆佩白玉質,就料形而作葫蘆形,四周雕葉蔓,背面剖作半分匏,減地內挖浮雕螭龍一隻,螭龍前肢伏踞,後尾分叉。鹿銜芝佩為青玉質,料扁平,拉絲鏤空雕芝草婉轉之態,鹿回首耳臥,身墜陰刻六角梅花形,是為梅花鹿者,口銜芝草,芝草一側雕蝙蝠一隻攀附其上。