Three white and russet jade thumb rings


Mid-Qing DynastyThe first, skilfully carved with a monkey crouching inside a cave under a rocky cliff, its head turned backwards to a crane in flight highlighted with russet skin, the stone of a pale tone, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) diam.; the second, carved in relief utilising the russet skin with a monkey lifting a peach, flanked by its young, the stone of an even pale green tone, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) across; the third, carved in relief with a spider highlighted with russet inclusions, beside a four-character inscription reading de zhu cheng rui, 2.8cm (1 1/8in) diam. (3).
|清中葉 白玉帶皮賀壽圖、獼猴獻壽圖及德珠呈瑞圖扳指 一組三件Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏