A FINE WHITE JADE 'DOUBLE-GOURD' WASHER18th century The even white stone finely pierced and carved in the form of a double-gourd issuing from a gnarled leafy stem, with leaves on the underside and rim, naturalistically conveyed, worked with a bat, all vividly depicted on the lustrous smoothly polished stone. 8cm (3 1/8in) long. 十八世紀 白玉葫蘆式水盂 The auspiciousbination of a double-gourd and bats stands for the blessing 'May you have both blessings and wealth', Fulu Shuangquan . Furthermore, the network of vines andbination of larger and smaller gourds symbolises the wish for ceaseless generations of male descendants, Guadie Mianmian . pare with a related 'double gourd' washer, 18th century, illustrated in Theplete Collection of Treasures from the Palace Museuum , Vol.6, no.294, pg.204. See also an example illustrated in Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection at the Walker Art Center , Minneapolis, Minnesota, no.200, pp.150-152.