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A JADEITE FIGURE OF A MEIREN AND ATTENDANT
19TH CENTURY
The standing beauty carved holding a flower basket in her raised hand and a peach and peony sprig close to her chest, her attendant with a further peony branch standing to one side and a crane hiding behind her, all supported on an angular rockwork base with small linghzi sprigs shooting up from the crags, the stone of pale mottled tone with apple-green inclusions highlighting the carving (tiny chips to base)
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
The standing beauty carved holding a flower basket in her raised hand and a peach and peony sprig close to her chest, her attendant with a further peony branch standing to one side and a crane hiding behind her, all supported on an angular rockwork base with small linghzi sprigs shooting up from the crags, the stone of pale mottled tone with apple-green inclusions highlighting the carving (tiny chips to base)
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high