A WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE-GOURD' CARVING 19TH / 20TH CENTURY

naturalistically carved issuing from a gnarled branch bearing long curling tendrils and smaller double-gourds, a bat with outstretched wings nestling beneath the curling leaves, the stone of an even white tone; together with a small white jade carving of a recumbent water buffalo (2)

Japanese American Family collection, San Francisco, acquired in the 1970s.