A FINELY CARVED WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DOG QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

well worked in the form of a recumbent emaciated dog, depicted resting its head on its front paws, the head with a well-defined snout and flanked by a pair of long floppy ears, the slender body detailed with pronounced ribs flanking its vertebrae, its long tail curled to its left, the stone of a lustrous white colour highlighted with russet inclusions and patches

Hong Kong Art Craft Merchants Association Limited, 28th March 1972.

The carving is in good condition with just very minor surface wear and areas of pitting to the stone.
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