A small pale celadon jade carving of a recumbent deer, Qing Dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀 青白玉靈鹿銜芝擺件

A small pale celadon jade carving of a recumbent deer

Qing Dynasty, 18th century

清十八世紀 青白玉靈鹿銜芝擺件

naturalistically carved in the round with its head raised and holding a branch of lingzhi in its mouth 

4.1 cm wide