Two white and russet jade 'magpies' thumb rings


Mid-Qing DynastyThe first, carved to the slightly flattened side with a garden scene, depicting a magpie perched on rocks, gazing at another magpie in flight towards a blossoming prunus tree, amidst rocky outcrops, all flanked by a gnarled pine tree and bamboo shoots, the stone of a pale tone highlighted by russet inclusions, 3.1cm (1 1/4in) diam.; the second, similarly carved with two magpies variously perched and in flight in a rocky landscape, the stone of a pale tone with russet inclusions, 3.3cm (1 1/4in) diam. (2).
|清中葉 白玉帶皮喜上梅梢圖扳指 一組兩件Provenance: an English private collection來源： 英國私人收藏