A small Chinese carved spinach jade double-gourd vase
Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
With a flared lip above a double-gourd body, the exterior carved in low relief with lotus scrolls, all raised on a domed foot; the stone of a very even spinach green.
H: 4 in.
PROVENANCE:
Edward I. Farmer, New York Lucie and Walter Rosen, "Caramoor", Katonah, New York, acquired from the above, 1928; Sold, Sotheby's, New York, "Chinese Art from Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts", Sale #NO9476, March 15, 2016, lot 164 (with a stopper) Acquired from the above by the present owner