A GREYISH-WHITE JADE ZOOMORPHIC WATERDROPPER
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ROBERT AND JEAN SHOENBERG
A GREYISH-WHITE JADE ZOOMORPHIC WATERDROPPER

17TH CENTURY

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A GREYISH-WHITE JADE ZOOMORPHIC WATERDROPPER
17TH CENTURY
Carved as a recumbent bixie with bared teeth, wide eyes and thick eyebrows, with two long horns between curled ears laying flat across its back carved with curly tufts of hair, its long, bifurcated tail wrapped around its hindquarters, the base inscribed 'lu di,' (dew dropper), the pierced stopper carved as a chi dragon coiled around a lingzhi
4 in. (10.2 cm.) long, wood stand

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