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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A FINE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A CICADA
Details
A FINE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A CICADA
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The even mutton-fat white material finely carved as a mature cicada with legs tucked in up beneath its body enveloped by a large pair of dippled wings, signed 'Zigang' on its back, pierced to one end for suspension
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) long
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The even mutton-fat white material finely carved as a mature cicada with legs tucked in up beneath its body enveloped by a large pair of dippled wings, signed 'Zigang' on its back, pierced to one end for suspension
2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) long
Provenance
The James Alsdorf Collection, no. 428