A WHITE JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’ SEAL QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

of irregular oval form, the knop carved with a single-horned mythical beast crouching low on its limbs, its head turned sharply backward and its bushy bifurcated tail curled along its spine, the seal face left uncarved, the stone of an even white tone with small russet patches

A European private collects ion.