A pale green and russet jade carving of a melon and tree-shrew 18th century The large pebble naturalistically carved as a ripe melon borne on a gnarled branch and issuing leafy tendrils, a small tree-shrew clambering up the side, the stone of pale green tone with russet-brown patches. 7cm (2 6/8in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀 青玉隨形瓜鼠把件 See a similar jade carving of a melon, 18th century, illustrated by H.K.F.Hui, T.Yee-wan Pang, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2008, no.113; see another example illustrated by M.F.Burkart-Bauer, Chinesische Jaden aus drei Jahrtausenden, Zurich, 1986, no.223. Another related example is illustrated by J.J.Norwich, The Burrell Collection, London, 1983, p.69, fig.7 (right). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com