TWO JADE CARVINGS


The first a mottled gray and brown jade ruyi scepter, carved to resemble a cluster of Buddha's hand citrons growing from a gnarled, leafy branch, the linked chain carved at the tip threaded with a knotted tassel; the second a jadeite doctor's model, the nude figure carved reclining with her head supported by one arm, the pale grayish-white matrix marked with dark grey veins and a few patches of pale leaf green.9in (23cm) length of scepter5 7/8in (15cm) length of figure
|ProvenanceSotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 13 March 1976, lot 236 (the scepter) Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 2-3 June 1976, lot 272 (the figure)