A YELLOW AND BROWN JADE PURSE-FORM POMANDER
18TH CENTURY
A YELLOW AND BROWN JADE PURSE-FORM POMANDER 18TH CENTURY Of flattened semi-circular form, each side naturalistically carved in shallow relief with grooves to imitate the pleats of a silk purse, tightly gathered at the short neck, and pierced with a pair of holes for attachment, further detailed with insects in flight above flowers, the cover similarly carved with matching grooves, the underside with two apertures for fastening of the silk cord to the receptacle, all tied by an ivory oviform toggle 3½ in. (9 cm.) wide
A YELLOW AND BROWN JADE PURSE-FORM POMANDER
18TH CENTURY
A YELLOW AND BROWN JADE PURSE-FORM POMANDER 18TH CENTURY Of flattened semi-circular form, each side naturalistically carved in shallow relief with grooves to imitate the pleats of a silk purse, tightly gathered at the short neck, and pierced with a pair of holes for attachment, further detailed with insects in flight above flowers, the cover similarly carved with matching grooves, the underside with two apertures for fastening of the silk cord to the receptacle, all tied by an ivory oviform toggle 3½ in. (9 cm.) wide
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