THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
THREE SMALL JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS
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THREE SMALL JADE ANIMAL CARVINGS
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Comprising two ram groups: one of white and brown color well carved using the white area of the stone for the ram and one of its kids, the other kid and the vapor-enshrouded yinyang symbol on its back utilizing the brown area; the other carving of the same motif carved from stone shading from mottled grayish-brown to white; the third carving a recumbent phoenix with a peony branch grasped in its beak, the white stone with opaque white mottling and some brown veining, chips
3 3/4 and 3¼in. (9.5 and 8.2cm.) long (3)
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Comprising two ram groups: one of white and brown color well carved using the white area of the stone for the ram and one of its kids, the other kid and the vapor-enshrouded yinyang symbol on its back utilizing the brown area; the other carving of the same motif carved from stone shading from mottled grayish-brown to white; the third carving a recumbent phoenix with a peony branch grasped in its beak, the white stone with opaque white mottling and some brown veining, chips
3 3/4 and 3¼in. (9.5 and 8.2cm.) long (3)