Description
A Chinese jadeite carving of a young woman, standing wearing long flowing robes, and holding a pipe in both hands, beside her a fruiting peach branch rises from pierced rock work, 18th/19th century, 21.5cm, raised on a pierced hardwood stand.
Provenance: Collection of Professor R C Cookson, 1922-2008. Purchased from Louis Joseph, London, for £120, 13th October 1959.
Cf. J. Hartman, Chinese Jade of Five Centuries, pl.49 for a related figure in the University Museum of Pennsylvania.
