Nephrite pendant, pale grey, with slightly browner skin, with a monkey against a rocky landscape holding his prize gained from the trees above, the reverse with craggy rock work. Suzhou School.

Reverse: Nephrite pendant, pale grey, with slightly browner skin, with a monkey against a rocky landscape holding his prize gained from the trees above, the reverse with craggy rock work. Suzhou School.

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Monkey, Pine & Rocks Pendant

 

Suzhou nephrite pendant.

P40

Nephrite, pale grey, the outside of the body wit[Previous Image]h slightly browner skin, well carved with a monkey against a rocky landscape holding his prize which has been gained from the trees above; the reverse with craggy rock work. Suzhou School

Chinese, 1780 - 1850.
Attachments: Nephrite ring, seed pearls and cream cord.
Provenance: Paula Hallett collection.  Robert Hall 1985.
Published: Included on the exhibition poster.
Dimensions: 6.5cm high x 4.2cm wide.

Zodiac sign / Monkey

 

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