A Chinese jade group of three wild swimming geese, 17th-18th century, the adult holding a spray of millet in its beak, flanked by two goslings carved in high relief, with incised wings and upturned tails, the stone with cloudy- white and russet inclusions, pierced, at the base, with two sets of holes for at tachment, the jade bearing a pale celadon tone, 5.8 cm long Provenance: Acquired from Messrs Spink. 清十九／十八世纪 青白玉雕大雁 For comparable examples, see The Palace Museum, Beijing,The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, 2009, n. 87 p. 119; Spink & Son, Chinese Jade: An Important Private Collection, 1991, n. 158, p. 76-7.
A Chinese jade group of three wild swimming geese, 17th-18th century, the adult holding a spray of millet in its beak, flanked by two goslings carved in high relief, with incised wings and upturned tails, the stone with cloudy- white and russet inclusions, pierced, at the base, with two sets of holes for at tachment, the jade bearing a pale celadon tone, 5.8 cm long Provenance: Acquired from Messrs Spink. 清十九／十八世纪 青白玉雕大雁 For comparable examples, see The Palace Museum, Beijing,The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, 2009, n. 87 p. 119; Spink & Son, Chinese Jade: An Important Private Collection, 1991, n. 158, p. 76-7.
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