Groupe en jade blanc de deux grues de mandchourie et lingzhi XIXE siècle

les deux oiseaux migrateurs au milieu de rinceaux de champignons auspicieux, sculptés débouts sur un promontoire rocheux escarpé et tenant dans leur bec des branches de lingzhi, les plumes et les détails d'expression finement ciselés, la pierre d'une belle teinte blanc céladon avec un beau poli

One small branch near the right side of the head possibly reduced, otherwise in good condition. The colour is slightly more pale celadon than on the catalogue illustration.
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A comparable carving of a mandchurian crane and lingzhi sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 11th April 2008, lot 3077.