A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

deftly carved in the round as a mythical beast crouching on its haunches, its facial features well defined with bulging eyes and an angular snout above a curled beard, a single curled horn extending backwards from its head, its body and tail detailed with incised striations, the stone of an attractive even white colour with faint icy inclusions, wood stand

Baron and Baroness von Oertzen collection.
Christie's South Kensington, 7th November 2008, lot 248 (part lot).

S. Howard Hansford, Jade. Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, pl. D81.