a group of Seven jade carvings


The first, a thin plaque of axe-head shape tapered to one sharp edge and surmounted by a mythical beast on the opposing edge, carved from stone of greenish color; the second possibly a belt slide carved in ribbed ovoid section from stone streaked in veins of russet; the third a pebble intricately reticulated to depict two monkeys scaling a gnarled pine tree, the stone of white and chocolate hue; the fourth a small olive colored pebble depicting a mountain village; the fifth sixth and seventh all cicadae carved in varied levels of naturalism in stone whorled in various hues of gray. 2 3/4in (7cm) length of first and longest