Chinese Standing Female Figure

Pale, glossy little figure wrapped up like a cocoon with a face.

This standing female figure in jade is from China, and dates to the 20th century. Jade has been worked in China for thousands of years, and carvers prize it for its toughness and its smooth, translucent surface. Smooth, rounded standing figure in translucent creamy yellow with warm cloudy veins. Arms fold across the chest, the head is softly modeled with a simple face, and a narrow slot separates the legs. The surface looks polished. It is 1 inches wide, 1 deep and 2.5 high.

Softly carved and perfectly content to be tucked in.