A PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY |

the crouching animal leaning slightly forward with its weight supported on powerful clawed feet, its head turned sharply to its left and detailed with funnel-shaped ears, round bulging eyes and a pronounced jaw, grasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth, its flat bushy tail and beard finely incised, the stone of an even pale celadon tone, wood stand