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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A BEARDED FISHERMAN HOLDING A BASKET
18TH/19TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A BEARDED FISHERMAN HOLDING A BASKET
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The standing figure well carved and finely detailed wearing a straw hat and a long straw cloak over his layered robes that are belted at the waist and fall to the tops of his straw shoes, with a toad perched on his right shoulder, the basket cradled in his hands finely woven and with small mouth, the white stone with some pale russet coloring
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, box
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The standing figure well carved and finely detailed wearing a straw hat and a long straw cloak over his layered robes that are belted at the waist and fall to the tops of his straw shoes, with a toad perched on his right shoulder, the basket cradled in his hands finely woven and with small mouth, the white stone with some pale russet coloring
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco.