A WHITE JADE MYTHICAL BEAST-FORM WATERDROPPER
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A WHITE JADE MYTHICAL BEAST-FORM WATERDROPPER

18TH CENTURY

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A WHITE JADE MYTHICAL BEAST-FORM WATERDROPPER
18TH CENTURY
Well carved in a crouching position with wings rising from the forelegs, a pair of small horns, a bifurcated tail and fine hair markings on the brows and curls flanking the backbone, with a circular aperture in the back and a lingzhi fungus sprig projecting from the flat muzzle below a tiny aperture, pierced horizontally through the curled claws of the paws
4¾ in. (12 cm.) long
Provenance
Roger Keverne, Ltd., London.

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