A Chinese jade figure of two deer with Lingzhi fungus, Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), carved from pale celadon green jade with with some grey and russet streaking, modelled as a male and female pair of deer with star-shaped incised carving to the bodies representing spots, the male holding a piece of lingzhi fungus in its mouth. Together with a 19th/early 20th century fitted wooden stand., the jade 4.5 cm high, 14 cm wide.