TWO PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVINGS OF A CAT AND AN ARCHAISTIC MYTHICAL BEAST (3)THE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英国家族藏品TWO PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVINGS OF A CAT AND AN ARCHAISTIC MYTHICAL BEASTThe feline, Song/Yuan dynasty, smoothly carved with large round eyes and ears, the stone of pale green tone with dark-brown russet patches, 5 1/2cm (2 1/4in) long; the reptile, Ming dynasty, with four squat legs beside a long tail and body with knobbly spine, the face with archaistic taotie mask, the stone of pale green with reddish-brown russet patches, wood stand, 9cm (3in) long. (3).宋/元 玉貓 及明 玉蜥蜴 一組兩件Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London (the reptilian carving; acquired by the below on 15 November 1985)Joseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, and thence by descent 來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.（玉蜥蜴由以下藏家在1985年11月15日購得）Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)舊藏，並由後人保存迄今The reptilian carving is unusual but the archaistic taotie mask hints that it was based on an earlier Shang/late Western Zhou dynasty prototype. See for example, a yellow jade reptile, Shang/Western Zhou dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, p.66, no.34.Compare with a related white jade mythical beast, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3256.sold_price_type: £