A nephrite heron with fish


Carved with a freshly caught fish squirming in its beak, an up-swept crest on its head and a graceful curving neck as it perches on a combined of rock and tree trunk support, the pale olive-green matrix showing cloudy white inclusions and some natural fissure lines (repaired); now affixed to a carved wood display stand.8 7/8in (22.5cm) height of jade by sight10in (25.3cm) height including wood stand