- 3456
A RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST MING DYNASTY |
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 HKD
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Description
- 7 cm, 2 3/4 in.
the flattened stone worked in the form of a recumbent growling beast with head turned sharply backwards towards its tail, its mouth opened revealing menacing teeth, the stone of an opaque white tone graduating to a rich russet-brown tone
Provenance
Collection of Jon Edwards.
Literature
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 151.