Lot 3711. A white jade 'Double Gourd' ink palette, 17th century, 9.8 cm, 3 7/8  in. Estimate 80,000 — 100,000 HKD. Lot sold 100,000 HKD. Photo: Sotheby's.  

well worked in the form of a flattened double gourd, the walls of the vessel with shallow incurved sides, depicted borne on gnarled branches issuing leaves and two small double gourds, the branches rendered extending along the sides and reverse of the palette, the stone of a pale greyish-white colour with light beige inclusions concentrating to the lower section, wood stand

Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd, London.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 Apr 2017