A Chinese pale green jade 'melon and butterfly' carving, 18th/19th century, carved as a bulbous bitter melon with a smaller melon sprouting from a vine, with scrolling tendrils issuing from behind a large leaf, with a butterfly perched atop the larger melon, 8.9cm long, on a pierced wood stand carved with leafy stems 十八/十九世紀 青玉雕瓜瓞綿綿
A Chinese pale green jade 'melon and butterfly' carving, 18th/19th century, carved as a bulbous bitter melon with a smaller melon sprouting from a vine, with scrolling tendrils issuing from behind a large leaf, with a butterfly perched atop the larger melon, 8.9cm long, on a pierced wood stand carved with leafy stems 十八/十九世紀 青玉雕瓜瓞綿綿
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