Yellow Steamed Chestnut
Attributed to the Palace workshops, Beijing, 1730 - 1820
Height: 6.4cm
Mouth/lip: 0.9/1.4cm
Stopper: tourmaline; gilt silver collar
Provenance:
Hedda and Lutz Franz Collection, Hong Kong
Translucent yellowish-green nephrite; with a wide mouth, flat lip, and concave circular foot; well hollowed, the double gourd form carved in low relief around the neck with a band of formalized lingzhi and around the base with a band of formalized lotus petals rising from a double ring just outside the naturalistic foot rim.
