A BROWN AND CELADON JADE 'THREE RAMS' GROUP, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY | 清十八世紀 褐斑青白玉三羊開泰擺件

A BROWN AND CELADON JADE 'THREE RAMS' GROUP

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

清十八世紀 褐斑青白玉三羊開泰擺件

well carved in the form of a recumbent ram with two young beside, each detailed with almond-shaped eyes, funnel-shaped ears and a pair of striated horns, the larger animal with its head turned gently backwards, the brown part of the stone skilfully incorporated depicting the third ram and the streams of vaporous clouds around a yinyang roundel 

Length 9.3 cm, 3⅝ in.