A GREEN-BROWN CARVED JADE CICADA AND A FURTHER GREEN JADE CICADA

Description:

China, the first possibly Song dynasty or earlier, the second later
L. 5,5-6,4 cm
Collection Dr. Peter Nicolaus (1940-2020), the first cicada bought 19.5.2000, Lot 1723 from Nagel (Property from an old Berlin private collection, assembled in China in the 1930's), the second cicada bought from Georg Hartl, Munich, 16.10.2000
Minor wear