Katydid on Bean Pods

Official School, 1780-1860
Height5.31 cm
Mouth/lip: 0.6/1.78 cm
Stopper: carnelian; silver collar

Provenance:
Alice Klein, California
Asian Art Studio 2011
Ruth and Carl Barron, no. 5220
Christie’s, New York, 15 March 2017, lot 429

 

Opaque dark-green and brownish-vermilion jasper; with a concave lip and convex foot and footrim; carved using the natural colours in the stone as cameo with a katydid on a leafy bean vine.

Alexander Whittaker