A BEIGE AND RUSSET JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' CARVING MING DYNASTY |

recumbent with head slightly turned, one paw raised towards the face with large eyes, a ruyi-shaped nose, and flat rectangular snout, the mouth open to expose the teeth and a recessed tongue, a curved row of bosses extending down the body to delineate the spine, the claws, fur, and curly eyebrows finely incised, the stone a deep honey gradating to beige

Collection of Alfred Salmony (1890-1958).
Collection of Frederick M. Mayer (d. 1974).
Christie's London, 24-25 June 1974, lot 175.
Spink & Son, London, 25th May 1983.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 123.

Roger Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1995, p. 91, fig. 4.

The carving is in overall good condition with only a couple small chips, and minute flakes along the natural fissures. The stone is slightly grayer in color than the illustration in the printed catalog.
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