A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST 18th century (2)A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST18th centuryThe recumbent beast carved with paws and legs neatly tucked underneath the body, detailed with bulging eyes and flaming horns, its well-defined backbone highlighted by russet inclusion leading to the bifurcated tail swaying around the haunch, the translucent stone of an attractive white tone, fitted box. 7.2cm (2 7/8in) wide. (2).十八世紀 白玉帶皮瑞獸把件Provenance:An Asian private collectionBonhams London, 17 May 2018, lot 170來源：亞洲私人收藏邦翰斯倫敦，2018年5月17日，拍品編號170The present piece encapsulates Ming dynasty archaic style; compare with a white jade carving of a mythical beast exhibited in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated by G.Tsang in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, p.158, pl.141.白玉質，圓雕一獸匍匐貌，獸鹿角，牛耳，蒜鼻，方口，圓目，前肢伏於頜下，穿一孔，背脊連珠狀，掃尾首於股前，玉質潔白厚潤，略帶皮色。此獸仿古風格顯著，有明代玉獸遺風，可比較一件香港藝術館曾展出之明代白玉雕瑞獸，見《中國肖生玉雕》，香港，1996年，頁158，編號141。