TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS OF AN ANIMAL GROUP AND A BAT 18TH CENTURY One carved as a recumbent beast with a bird picked out in celadon, the other depicting a peach in white stone, with a bat in russet to the reverse, with a wood stand, 5cm and 4.9cm. (3) Provenance: from the collection of Brian Tisdall (1934-2008) and Christa Tisdall (1936-88) who lived in Hong Kong from the early 1960s until 1987. Their collection was mostly formed in Hong Kong in the 1970s, they were advised by James C Y Watt and Brian McElney. James C Y Watt is a well known expert in early Chinese jades; Brian McElney is a renowned collector and connoisseur who founded the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath.