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A SUPERB WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 白玉瑞獸
powerfully worked in the form of a recumbent mythical beast
with its paws stretched under its head, the beast skilfully
portrayed with bulging eyes picked out with piercing pupils
below a pair of arched eyebrows, the muscular hind quarters
adorned in low relief with flaming wisps, the crouching figure
further rendered with a bushy tail swept up against the left
side of its body, the substantial stone of an even white colour,
wood stand
10.9 cm, 4¼ in.
HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 51,000-76,500
