A SMALL GREENISH-YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A BOAT
A SMALL GREENISH-YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A BOAT

19TH CENTURY

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A SMALL GREENISH-YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A BOAT
19th Century
Carved with four figures at various activities on a sampan, two figures manning long poles in the bow while another mans the tiller in the stern, and a small boy lowers a bucket over the side, with a cat sunning on one roof and clothes drying on a pole, the stone of pale greenish-yellow tone with some russet markings and opaque buff skin
6.5/8in. (16.8cm.) long