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AN UNUSUAL BROWN AND ‘CHICKEN
BONE’ ARCHAISTIC ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’
THUMBRING
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the exterior skillfully modelled in low relief, depicting a mythical
beast with rounded eyes, flaring nostrils and floppy ears, the
head resting on its front paws, its knopped spine forming the
top of the ring, terminating to a bushy tail between his hind
legs on the reverse, the stone of a calcified milky brown tone
suffused with darker brown and black inclusions
3.2 cm, 1¼ in.
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,600-3,900
清十九世紀 玉瑞獸紋扳指

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A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL
BEAST
QING DYNASTY

the horned mythical beast depicted recumbent with its head
turned to the left, the stone of an even white colour
6.5 cm, 2½ in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,900-6,500
清 白玉瑞獸

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