A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A 'PRAYING MANTIS' QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY |

resting on its abdomen with the neck and head craning upward, three spindly legs rising along each side and bending at the knees to form a series of peaks framing the body, the forelegs grasping a leafing stem, the length of the stem extending over the insect's back and held aloft by the leaves resting on the knees to form an openwork canopy, the fine lines of the legs and shell carefully incised, the stone an even white color

Christie's London South Kensington, 14th July 2006, lot 158.

Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 166.

Overall in good condition with a few minor chips and nicks along the edges, including one to the large leaf on the back. The color of the stone is whiter than in the illustration in the printed catalogue.
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