A white jade 'gourd' plaque and a pale green jade 'deer' plaque


Mid Qing dynastyDeftly carved in the form of a double gourd borne on leafy branches, the reverse slightly recessed forming the well with a clambering chilong, the translucent white stone with a russet marking, 5cm (2in) long; the pale green jade plaque intricately carved in openwork with a recumbent deer clasping a large leafy lingzhi spray in its mouth, 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long. (2).
|清中期 白玉雕葫蘆螭龍紋配飾及青玉雕鹿銜芝佩 一組兩件Provenance:Christie's Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 41 (gourd)Dr Stefanos Bakker (1896-1959), acquired in China in the 1930s (deer)Marchant, London來源：巴黎佳士得，2012年12月19日，拍品編號41（葫蘆配飾）Stefanos Bakker博士(1896-1959)舊藏，於1930年代購於中國倫敦Marchant 葫蘆佩白玉質，就料形而作葫蘆形，四周雕葉蔓，背面剖作半分匏，減地內挖浮雕螭龍一隻，螭龍前肢伏踞，後尾分叉。鹿銜芝佩為青玉質，料扁平，拉絲鏤空雕芝草婉轉之態，鹿回首耳臥，身墜陰刻六角梅花形，是為梅花鹿者，口銜芝草，芝草一側雕蝙蝠一隻攀附其上。