A pale green, russet and black jade carving of a mythical beast


Song/Ming DynastyThe recumbent animal carved facing forward, its head slightly raised and aligned to its back, the face with circular eyes, scroll-shaped eyebrows and flanked by the ears, the body flanked by wing-scrolls and terminating with a finely incised bi-furcated tail flicked over the rear haunches, with well defined legs and claws, the stone of pale green tone with warm brown striations, with the darker tones cleverly used to denote the head and front legs, zitan stand, box. 6.5cm (2 9/16in) long (3).
|宋/明 青玉黑褐沁異獸把件Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection, prior to 2010來源：鄧德雍收藏，早於2010年Compare the facial features and eyes on a white and russet jade chimera, Six Dynasties, and also the tail and paws on a greyish-white and russet jade mythical beast, Song dynasty, illustrated by G.Tsang, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, nos.59 and 84.參考香港藝術館展出一件六朝白玉褐沁辟邪，其面部及眼部和此件頗似，另可參考一件宋代灰白玉褐沁異獸，皆著錄於《中國肖生玉雕》，香港，1996年，編號59及84。