A fine pale celadon jade deer figural group

A fine pale celadon jade deer figural group
19th century
The larger sleek-horned recumbent stag seated above a smaller adoring young buck, the juvenile and adult gripping between them in their maws a different gnarled branch of the same leafy multi-fork frond of lingzhi fungus draping naturalistically over and around their stately frames, over which their intense mutual gaze is enhanced by incised details along their powerful jawbones and almond shaped eyes, the stone of pale translucent celadon hue subtly mottled in large whorled patches of icy inclusions.
8in (20.2cm) long