A CHINESE APPLE GREEN JADEITE 'LION DOGS' PENDANT QING DYNASTY The rectangular pendant carved in relief and pierced with two lion dogs in a rocky setting, they sit beneath pine trees and a bat perched above, with lingzhi growing in the landscape to the reverse, cleverly worked with the creatures picked out in vibrant green sections of the pale stone, the pendant suspending from thread adorned with jadeite beads forming a necklace, the pendant 5.6cm. Provenance: from a private collection, London.