AN APPLE GREEN AND EMERALD ACCENTS JADEITE JADE...
AN APPLE GREEN AND EMERALD ACCENTS JADEITE JADE ‘MEIREN AND CRANE’ GROUP
China, 20th century, Possibly dating to the 1970s
Carved out of a milky stone with apple green and emerald green inclusions, Meiren in loose robe, with an elongated round face, a hair bun topping her head, holding a lotus sprig in her left hand, a branch of lingzhi raising from a rocky base on her left, a standing crane on her right. Offered at auction together with a matching wooden stand.
H (stand excl.): 15 cm
Weight: 257 grams
Note: The crane (he, 鹤) is believed by the Chinese to live to a very old age and therefore is a symbol of longevity. Lingzhi (灵芝), also known as the glossy ganoderma, is the sacred fungus of immortality that grows on the trunks or roots of trees including the pine.
苹果绿及翡翠“美人鹤”玉雕
中国，20世纪，可能为1970年
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AN APPLE GREEN AND EMERALD ACCENTS JADEITE JADE ‘MEIREN AND CRANE’ GROUP
China, 20th century, Possibly dating to the 1970s
Carved out of a milky stone with apple green and emerald green inclusions, Meiren in loose robe, with an elongated round face, a hair bun topping her head, holding a lotus sprig in her left hand, a branch of lingzhi raising from a rocky base on her left, a standing crane on her right. Offered at auction together with a matching wooden stand.
H (stand excl.): 15 cm
Weight: 257 grams
Note: The crane (he, 鹤) is believed by the Chinese to live to a very old age and therefore is a symbol of longevity. Lingzhi (灵芝), also known as the glossy ganoderma, is the sacred fungus of immortality that grows on the trunks or roots of trees including the pine.
苹果绿及翡翠“美人鹤”玉雕
中国，20世纪，可能为1970年
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