A white and brown jade 'double badger' carving


17th/18th centurySmoothly carved as two interlocking recumbent badgers, their heads turned to face one another, the stone of white tone with light brown patches cleverly used to highlight the smaller badger. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long.
|十七/十八世紀 白玉褐沁雙獾把件Provenance: Michael Wilcox Ltd., London, 26 July 1988A distinguished English private collection來源：1988年7月26日，購於Michael Wilcox Ltd.英國顯貴私人收藏Compare with a related white jade 'double-badger' group from the Tuyet Nguyet Collection, illustrated by H.K.F.Hui and T.Y.Pang, Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2007, no.103, where it is noted that 'two badgers' (Shuanghuan 雙獾), are a pun for 'conjugal joy'.