拍品 43
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO CRANES
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO CRANES

17TH/18TH CENTURY

細節
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF TWO CRANES
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The two well carved seated side-by-side with their long legs tucked beneath their bodies, each with head turned backward, one grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its long beak, the other a fruiting peach branch, the pale greenish-white stone with some opaque white mottling
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) long

拍品專文

Cranes symbolize longevity, as they are a familiar of Shoulao, the god of Longevity.
A similar white jade carving of a single crane grasping a peach branch was included in the exhibition, Chinese Jade Animals, 19 April-14 July 1996, Hong Kong Museum of Art, no. 179, where it is given an 18th century date.