A RARE SMOKY QUARTZ 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

well carved as a recumbent mythical beast with its head turned backwards to face its young clambering on its rear haunches, each mythical beast with an elongated body centred with a prominent spinal column, skilfully portrayed with a long horn curling at the tip and flanked by a pair of floppy ears, further rendered with bushy eyebrows above bulging eyes and a wide snout, the translucent stone of an attractive brownish-grey colour, wood stand

Christie's New York, 18th/19th September 2014, lot 1235.