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The box and cover are modelled as a pumpkin growing from
a thick gnarled stem, decorated with smaller pumpkins on openwork leafy branches with large curled leaves, a small bird to one side, detailed with fnely incised feathers. The stone is of an even pale tone.
6.5 in. (16 cm.) long
£10,000-20,000
PROVENANCE
A private English collection.
Pumpkins are associated with fertility and the wish for many descendants, as they grow on vines and have large numbers of seeds. That the vines and tendrils, mandai, are present is particularly auspicious as it suggests a wish for numerous descendants. The presence of smaller pumpkins also provides a rebus for ‘ceaseless generations of sons and grandsons.’
清乾隆 青白玉瓜瓞綿綿蓋盒