the variegated beige stone skilfully reticulated with a lady, possibly Xiwangmu, seated amidst craggy rockwork with a crane perched beside her, the poised and demure figure adorned with an elaborate headdress

This carving is likely to be a section of a larger oval plaque, the rough being now polished along the edge to its current triangular form. There are some insignificant nibbles or minor shallow chips along the extremities.
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此件山石造型自然。北京故宮博物院藏二例，其一飾高士，另一琢神仙，錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇》，卷5：唐宋遼金元，北京，2011年，圖版95及96。北京故宮博物院另有一例，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集：玉器（中）》，香港，1995年，圖版99。