Finely carved Chrysanthemum shaped flower, previously in the collection of mr Rudolph Voll (1911-2009) who bought a large number of small antique jade objects in Hong Kong in the 1970’s. For further information about Rudolph Voll see Quick Find 5139. An almost identical flower (nr 137) is depicted in professor Cheng Te-k’un’s book ‘Jade Flowers and Floral Patterns in Chinese Decorative Art’。