Gruppo con una figura di gru in giada bianca Cina, Dinastia Qing, fine del XIX, inizio del XX secolo

scolpito con una gru che regge nel becco un mazzo di fiori di loto, con a fianco un piccolo di gru con un pesce nel becco; base lignea

Minor tiny chips to the carving especially to the branches and the leeves ; one of the petals of the lotus flower above the crane could have been cut off and re-carved and re-polished to hide a chock or a lack ; the actual color is consistant with the catalogue illustration.
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