A PALE CELADON JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST' QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY | 清十七/十八世紀 青白玉瑞獸

A PALE CELADON JADE 'MYTHICAL BEAST'

QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

清十七/十八世紀 青白玉瑞獸

the recumbent animal carved in the round with its head turned to the back rendered with a curved row of bosses extending down the body to delineate the spine, terminating in a bushy combed tail, the polished stone a pale celadon tone with russet highlights

Length 9.1 cm, 3⅝ in.