A FINE PURSE-SHAPED YELLOW JADE POMANDER AND COVER

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A FINE PURSE-SHAPED YELLOW JADE POMANDER AND COVER
19TH CENTURY

Of flattened globular form cleverly carved to simulate a cloth pouch, gathered into pleats at the neck, each side decorated with an insect hovering over fruiting or flowering sprigs, a seven-character inscription on one side, the stone of even yellowish colour--3 1/8 in. (8cm.) wide, box

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