A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE 'LEAPING FISH' PENDANT QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

naturalistically carved with a gently curving body and serrated fins, its mouth pierced to thread a string, the smoothly polished stone of an even white colour with occasional russet veins

The pendant is in very good overall condition. There is some light surface wear and occasional tiny nibbles along the edges, all consistent with age. The polish is particularly smooth.
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A jade pendant in the form of a fish from the Von Oertzen collection is illustrated in S. Howard Hansford, Jade. Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, pl. D52; another from the Lizzadro collection was sold at Christie’s New York, 19^th September 2013, lot 1177; and two were sold in our London rooms, the first, 4^th May 1984, lot 412, and the second, slightly larger in size, 6^th December 1994, lot 92.