清 白玉仿古奇獸鐘形珮

finely worked in the form of an axe-head bell detailed in low relief with archaistic scrolls and whorl motifs along the centre, the handle crested by a tiger and a dragon, the former depicted looking down and the latter with its head turned upwards towards its back, the sides of the bell flanked by an archaistic pair of kui dragons, the stone of an even white colour

The carving is in overall good condition with insignificant nibbles to the extremities as expected.
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