灰白玉鏤雕穿花龍爐頂

This form originates from the 'autumn mountain' hat finials which depicts deer and cranes symbolizing the hunting scene of the Jin dynasty (1115-1234). At later periods they were refitted as knots for covers of vessels. This size is of the largest in a wide range, discussed by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pp. 338-339, no. 25:15.