China, Ming DynastyDimensions: 2"(5 cm) H, 2"(5 cm) WThe stone of celadon on one side and partially to the interior, the reverse brown to grey and rset tones also seen in the base. Deeply and well carved and pierced with a group of cranes feeding and standing amid large lot leaves and other plants, the stalks of which form a forest rising up to a protective dome. The base flat without concavity and with four pairs of arched holes for securing the finial.There are surprisingly few Ming paintings showing the exact e of this style of hat finial, likely becae this type of large finial belongs on the high domed and brimmed military hat, not the official’s court hat which ually only hat a flat jade button. A rare example of this can be seen in a Korean portrait of Lee (Yi) Sam ca 1700 now in the Baekje Military Meum, most recently displayed in the Asian Art Meum of San Francisco (see articale Asian Art Newspaper, Sept. 2021)./korean-portraiture/#prettyPhotoThe 4 pairs of small holes to the base would have been ed to secure the finial directly to the dome of the hat or as seen in the Korean example, possibly on to a precio metal armature in which case it seems most likely that the holes were for wires rather than thread or cords.For the type, see a similar treatment of cranes and lot in a pale celadon hat finial dated Ming dynasty can be seen in Sotheby’s New York sale 22JUN2021, Lot 94 and in a celadon and rset example in Christie’s London sale of 10NOV2011, Lot 10006./en/buy/auction/2021/the-hundred-antiques-fine-decorative-asian-art/a-reticulated-pale-celadon-jade-hat-finial-ming/lot/a-celadon-and-rset-carved-jade-finial-5499514/intObjectID=5499514&lid=1白玉春水秋山炉顶Provenance: Important Canadian family来源：加拿大重要家族