Three jade carvings
Three jade carvings
The first an oval-shaped dragon tortoise with a suspension hole drilled through the center of the shell; the second a group of three auspicious rams carved from the gray-green matrix and a bat in high relief using a gray vein in the matrix; the third an elaborately undercut finial worked as cranes standing amid giant lotus plants, the pale green stone showing a pale russet vein.
2 3/8in (6cm) length of ram group (3).
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Three jade carvings
The first an oval-shaped dragon tortoise with a suspension hole drilled through the center of the shell; the second a group of three auspicious rams carved from the gray-green matrix and a bat in high relief using a gray vein in the matrix; the third an elaborately undercut finial worked as cranes standing amid giant lotus plants, the pale green stone showing a pale russet vein.
2 3/8in (6cm) length of ram group (3).