A VERY FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT MYTHICAL BEAST

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Lot 735 | A VERY FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT MYTHICAL BEAST
A VERY FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT MYTHICAL BEAST

QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY

The beast is shown grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth and has protruding eyes beneath thick brows and curved horns resting against its back. It has a ruyi-form nose, haunches decorated with flame motifs in low relief, cloven hooves, and a bushy tail, with the hair on the mane and the tail finely incised. The softly polished stone is of an even, pale greenish-white tone with a dusting of russet in areas.

4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm.) long





Provenance

Roger Keverne, London, 2005.



Literature

Roger Keverne, Winter Exhibition, London, 2005, pp. 90-91, no. 88.



Exhibited

London, Roger Keverne, Winter Exhibition, 3 November 2005.

Charlottesville, Worrell Family Offices Gallery, 2005-2022.

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