A BROWN JADE MONKEY AND PEACH QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

naturalistically carved as a seated monkey with bulging eyes and pointed ears, its forehead incised with wrinkles, its left arm resting on its knee, grasping in its right hand a sprig of peach with elongated leaves, the stone of a yellow tone with russet inclusions on the top utilised to enhance the carving

Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1970s.