TWO WHITE JADE CARVINGS OF MYTHICAL BEASTS (3)THE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品TWO WHITE JADE CARVINGS OF MYTHICAL BEASTSThe first, Song/Ming dynasty, a dragon carved standing foursquare on a cluster of vaporous clouds, with its head held proud as its tail flicked up, the face with alert expression, grasping a lingzhi in its mouth, 5.5cm (2 1/8in) long, wood stand; the second, Ming dynasty, a tianlu, carved in the round standing foursquare, the head crowned with a single horn the face rendered with bulging eyes beneath small pointed ears, 4.1cm (1 7/8in) high. (3).宋/明 瑞獸銜靈芝玉把件 及明 玉天祿 一組兩件Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London (the beast with lingzhi, acquired by the below on 22 November 1989)Joseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, and thence by descent 來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.（瑞獸銜靈芝把件由以下藏家在1989年11月22日購得）Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)舊藏，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a related example of a white jade mythical beast, Ming dynasty, illustrated by S.K.Fung and Y.Chun-tong eds., Exquisite Jade Carvings: Figures, Animals, Ornaments, Hong Kong, 1996, no.111, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 3301. See also a related white jade figure of a mythical animal, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp.158-159, no.142.See a white jade mythical beast, tianlu, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 May 2019, lot 124.sold_price_type: £