A green jadeite carving of a eggplant group
Property from a Minneapolis Collection
A green jadeite eggplant group
Both vegetables shown growing from a common plant with reticulated stems and leaves supporting two insects, the larger eggplant incised with a crawling worm and a small white patch carved as a butterfly; the mottled matrix of pale green and icy white displaying isolated inclusions of dark green.
5 1/3in (13.5cm) high
Estimate:
US$ 3,000 - 5,000
£2,000 - 3,300
€2,300 - 3,900

Category: Asian Art


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