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

seated on the haunches with rounded belly and front legs outstretched, each emitting a wisp of qi flowing and folding in openwork over the body like a pair of wings, the face with large round eyes, bushy brows, ruyi-shaped nose and flat snout, the long pointed ears flattened against the head, the tail carved as a thick swirl of fur, the translucent stone a celadon-white with a few small patches of russet

There is a loss to the curled end of one wisp of qi. The stone is whiter than in the illustration in the printed catalog.
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