LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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Three Greyish-White Jade Finials
Late Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Each intricately carved and pierced with an elaborate openwork design of flowering foliage supported on an oval base plaque, the largest carved with an intertwined dragon, the two smaller examples with birds perched amidst lotus, the stones with russet and taupe veining and inclusions
Tallest 2½in. (6.4cm.) (3)
Late Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century
Each intricately carved and pierced with an elaborate openwork design of flowering foliage supported on an oval base plaque, the largest carved with an intertwined dragon, the two smaller examples with birds perched amidst lotus, the stones with russet and taupe veining and inclusions
Tallest 2½in. (6.4cm.) (3)