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A SMALL GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A SMALL GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The recumbent beast has a beak, beard, and ribbed chest, its mane is parted on either side of its knobby backbone, and there are flames on the haunches. The stone is of even pale celadon color.
2 in. (5 cm.) high
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The recumbent beast has a beak, beard, and ribbed chest, its mane is parted on either side of its knobby backbone, and there are flames on the haunches. The stone is of even pale celadon color.
2 in. (5 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's New York, 23-24 September 1988, lot 173.
Brought to you by
Nick Wilson
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