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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE RECUMBENT Compare with a related yellowish-green jade carving of a recumbent
MYTHICAL BEAST mythical beast, Song/Yuan dynasty, with similar execution of the spiral
Yuan/Ming Dynasty motifs, illustrated by G.Tsang, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong,
Finely carved in the round as a recumbent mythical beast facing 1996, no.115; see another greyish white jade mythical beast, Ming
forward, its head slightly raised, the face rendered with circular eyes, dynasty, in the British Museum, London, illustrated in ibid., no.139,
a ridged nose and ruyi-shaped nostrils, its head flanked by two showing a similar style of nose and eyes.
large ears enhanced with spiral motifs, the ridged spine extending to
the incised bushy tail, the stone of yellowish-white tone with russet 參看一件宋代至元代黃青玉雕瑞獸，其骨節突出的刻畫以及身體卷狀
inclusion, box. 紋飾與本品類似，著錄於《中國肖生玉雕》，香港，1996年，編號
7.5cm (3in) wide (2). 115。另見大英博物館藏一件明代灰白玉雕瑞獸，其圓眼、扁鼻、寬
唇風格亦可資參考，見著錄，1996年，編號130。
HKD300,000 - 400,000
US$39,000 - 52,000
元/明 青白玉雕臥獸

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