A large pale green jade carving of a crane
17th/18th century
The recumbent bird with its neck turned sharply to the left with its head turned back over its body, seated atop a large fruiting peach branch and clasping a lingzhi fungus in its beak, the stone of greyish pale green tone with russet inclusions.
11.4cm (4½in) wide (2).
The recumbent bird with its neck turned sharply to the left with its head turned back over its body, seated atop a large fruiting peach branch and clasping a lingzhi fungus in its beak, the stone of greyish pale green tone with russet inclusions.
11.4cm (4½in) wide (2).
Sold for
£84,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: purchased in Sydney, Australia in the 1950s/60s
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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