A fine Chinese mottled grey jade cage cup

£2,000 - £3,000

A fine Chinese mottled grey jade cage cup, formed as a peach surrounded by elaborate openwork stalks and leaves, issuing flower heads, buds and with a crane perched to one side, 18th century, some losses to the underside, 11.7cm. Provenance: An important European private collection formed in the 19th century by a Russian nobleman and diplomat.