清十八世紀 翠玉年年有餘珮

the vibrant apple-green pebble well worked as a larger fish with its young by its side, the fish depicted grasping in their mouths a curling stem issuing a large lotus leaf on one side

The carving is in overall good condition. There are expected minute nicks and bruising to the fragile extremities. The actual colour of the stone is slightly greener than the catalogue illustration.
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