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3763

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE
‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ GROUP
MING DYNASTY

sensuously modelled in the round, the horned
recumbent beast with its front paws embracing a
small cub and head turned backwards looking at
another cub prancing on its back, deftly worked
with almond-shaped eyes beneath heavy bushy
eyebrows, its mouth agape revealing sharp fangs,
the horns swayed backwards and its beard and
mane finely incised, the stone of a greyish white
tone suffused with russet-brown patches, wood
stand
7.2 cm, 2⅞ in.

HK$ 260,000-400,000
US$ 33,300-51,500

明 白玉雕帶子上朝把件

3764

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A RARE WHITE JADE ‘MYTHICAL
BEAST’ ORNAMENT, XI
LIAO – JIN DYNASTY

well modelled with an elongated structure
tapering to a pointed tip and detailed with
striations below circular motifs, all surmounted
by an anthropomorphic figure, possibly Garuda,
seated before a pair of wide wings with fine
incisions, the mythical bird further rendered with
a protruding stomach picked out with a dented
belly button, the stone of an even white colour
with russet inclusions concentrating near the
pointed tip
9.2 cm, 3⅝ in.

HK$ 280,000-380,000
US$ 35,800-48,600

遼至金 白玉瑞獸鈕觽

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