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A WHITE JADE ‘CRANE AND PEACHES’ GROUP
18th Century
The white stone with a trace of pale celadon in the tone and boldly
carved in reticulated relief with a seated crane with its legs tucked
neatly to the underside and its wing and tail feathers naturalistically
delineated, the birds slightly curving long beak clutching a leafy peach
branch with five fecund fruit that surround the birds head and back.
2 5/8in (6.6cm) high
$7,000 - 10,000

十八世紀 白玉雕鶴壽把件

For a larger white jade grouping of a cranes clutching large peach
branches, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection
of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.251, no. 200.
For groups of various birds with fruiting branches in their beaks see
Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum) Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995,
p. 100-104, no’s 80-82, 84.
Lot 39 (Two views)

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