Two jade carvings and a carnelian toggle
Two jade carvings and a carnelian toggle
The largest a pale green jade pebble carved as a young boy climbing onto a recumbent water buffalo, the stone with natural surface fissures; the second an off-white jade pendant of a goldfish nibbling on a water plant with a drill hole at the mouth, a russet vein in the matrix filling the wide, curving tail; the third a mottled carnelian pendant of a pea pod hanging from a leafy vine.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) length across water buffalo (3).
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Two jade carvings and a carnelian toggle
The largest a pale green jade pebble carved as a young boy climbing onto a recumbent water buffalo, the stone with natural surface fissures; the second an off-white jade pendant of a goldfish nibbling on a water plant with a drill hole at the mouth, a russet vein in the matrix filling the wide, curving tail; the third a mottled carnelian pendant of a pea pod hanging from a leafy vine.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) length across water buffalo (3).