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Lot 87
A pale green jade group of cranes and toads; and a pale green jade finger citron vase 17th/18th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,160 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA pale green jade group of cranes and toads; and a pale green jade finger citron vase
17th/18th century
The first carved with two cranes standing on pierced rockwork beside a sheaf and fighting over a fish, with two toads trying to climb over the crashing waves around the rocks, the stone of green tone with minor russet inclusions cleverly used to denote one of the crane's crests and the back of one toad, 10.5cm (4⅛in) high; the second a hollowed vessel in the form of a finger citron issuing from a gnarled leafy branch with a smaller fruit, the stone of pale green tone with mottled white inclusions, wood stands.
11.6cm (4½in) high (4).
The first carved with two cranes standing on pierced rockwork beside a sheaf and fighting over a fish, with two toads trying to climb over the crashing waves around the rocks, the stone of green tone with minor russet inclusions cleverly used to denote one of the crane's crests and the back of one toad, 10.5cm (4⅛in) high; the second a hollowed vessel in the form of a finger citron issuing from a gnarled leafy branch with a smaller fruit, the stone of pale green tone with mottled white inclusions, wood stands.
11.6cm (4½in) high (4).
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Provenance: an English private collection














