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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 清十七至十八世紀 青白玉瑞獸
FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY, 17TH – 18TH 青白玉質，帶沁斑，立體圓雕臥獸。獸粗眉大
CENTURY 眼，雙卷角，毛髮後披，背上凸脊，大尾。
substantially worked in the form of a crouching 此器造型壯碩，工匠因材施藝，創造出如此生
mythical beast with the head bent over its front 動威武的瑞獸，盡顯巧匠之功力。
paws, the beast portrayed with a menacing gaze
between thick eyebrows and flaring nostrils, a
pair of curled incised bands extending upwards
along its jaws, all below a pair of ears flanking
its long horns, the body of the figure further
accentuated with locks of wavy mane and a
prominent spinal column terminating in a bushy
tail
8.2 cm, 3¼ in.
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,800-38,700
