A CELADON AND GREY JADE 'BUTTERFLY' PENDANT AND A PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUE

A CELADON AND GREY JADE 'BUTTERFLY' PENDANT AND A PALE CELADON JADE PLAQUE
18TH-19TH CENTURY AND MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The pendant is carved and pierced as two butterflies on a leafy branch and suspending from a jade bead necklace. The stone is of a celadon tone with dark grey and brownish inclusions. The plaque is carved and and pierced with a ram, a deer and the 'Three Friends of Winter' (bamboo, pine and prunus trees). The stone is of an even celadon tone with slight milky inclusions.

2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) and 2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) long