AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' HAIRPIN

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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE 'THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER' HAIRPIN
LATE MING DYNASTY, SIGNED ZIGANG

The shaft carved as a tapered and slightly arched bamboo branch, the head carved with prunus and pine branches, the white stone with brown inclusions highlighting the pine--5½in. (14.5cm.) long
Literature
James Watt, op. cit., no. 193

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