Groupe en jade blanc sculpté Chine, dynastie Qing, fin du XIXE siècle

représentant une grue accompagnée de son petit, une branche fleurie dans leur bec, socle en bois sculpté ; petits accidents et manques

Minor tiny chips to the carving especially to the branches and the leeves ; one of the petals of the lotus flower above the crane could have been cut off and re-carved and re-polished to hide a chock or a lack ; the actual color is less yellow more white than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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