A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE 'PEACH' CARVING QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY |

the spherical fruit with a short leafing stem, the leaves carved in high relief and curling at the edges, a bat carved in low relief clinging to the lower half of the peach, the warm yellow stone with patches and streaks of russet

Spink & Son, London, 8th April 1986.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 460.

The carving is in good overall condition. There is a tiny chip to the tip of one leaf. The surface with expected wear and minute scattered nicks to edges consistent with age and type.
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