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A White Jade 'crane and peaches' group
18th CenturyThe white stone with a trace of pale celadon in the tone and boldly carved in reticulated relief with a seated crane with its legs tucked neatly to the underside and its wing and tail feathers naturalistically delineated, the birds slightly curving long beak clutching a leafy peach branch with five fecund fruit that surround the birds head and back. 2 5/8in (6.6cm) high
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十八世紀 白玉雕鶴壽把件For a larger white jade grouping of a cranes clutching large peach branches, see Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p.251, no. 200. For groups of various birds with fruiting branches in their beaks, see Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji (Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum) Jadeware III, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 100-104, no's 80-82, 84.
