A CELADON JADE ‘CRANE AND BIXI’ GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

carved with a crane standing on top of a bixi, the crane with its head turned and lowered, grasping a fruiting branch in between its beak, the stone of celadon tone with minor russet inclusions, wood stand

An English Private Collection.

There are small losses to the extremities, such as the tip of one horn of the bixi (0.5cm), the tip of a leaf on the fruiting branch (0.2cm) and the edge of another leaf to the reverse (0.5 x 0.2cm). There are also natural nicks to the stone and minor nibbling along the extremities. The stone is of a slightly more greyish tone compared to the catalogue illustration.
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