A SMALL WHITE JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' SEAL QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of small square form, surmounted by a crouching mythical beast carved with bulging eyes and sharp fangs surmounted by a pair of flaring horns, the flowing mane incised, pierced through the centre with an aperture, the square seal crisply carved with the four characters, the stone of an even, celadon-tinged white tone throughout