A FINE AND RARE TURQUOISE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST

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A FINE AND RARE TURQUOISE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
17TH CENTURY

The toggle carved as a beast with bulging eyes and clenched jaws, its head turned sharply to the back, with finely incised lines and details to depict the mane, tail and spine
1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm.) high, box

Exhibited

Arts from the Scholar's Studio, presented by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, 1986, Catalogue, no. 268, pp. 270-271.

Lot Essay

Tsang and Moss, op. cit., note that the "miniature carving falls into the category of objects whose main role is simply as a scholar's trinket, a precious little item to have around, play with and carry about."

(US$2,500-3,000)

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