Two jade carvings


The first a hat finial deeply undercut as a mandarin duck holding a lotus spray in its mouth as it perches on a lotus leaf, the underside drilled with two holes for attachment, an opaque gray vein in the gray-green matrix utilized for the lotus stem and leaves; the second a toggle of flattened oval shape deeply undercut and drilled with a squirrel scampering over grapes growing on a bed of leaves that continue onto the reverse, the stone of pale greenish-white hue.1 7/8 (4.8cm) height of hat finial2 1/2in (6.3cm) length of toggle