the lobed fruit borne on a leafy bough and issuing two smaller melons, one of which is incised with a butterfly, suspended from the openworked bough and four interlocking rings, the stone of even pale greenish-white color, wood stand (3)

購自香港，1980年代早期

There are small nicks to the edges of the leaves and an opened russet occlusion across the stem.
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