A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE GOURD' PENDANT
A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE GOURD' PENDANT
18TH CENTURY
6.3cm. (2)
By repute from the collection of Dorothy and Margaret Pilkington, formerly the director of the Whitworth Gallery, and thence by descent.
Carved as a large flat bottle gourd, with foliage and tendrils to each side in shallow relief, with a wood stand.