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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT MYTHICAL BEAST
17th/18th Century
The hunch-backed figure with ribboned flames rising from the haunches depicted grasping a sprig of lingzhi fungus in its sharply tapering jaws, with bulbous eyes, a pair of antlers and finely incised hair markings on the mane and tufted tail, the softly polished stone of very pale greenish-white tone with some fine opaque inclusions and light added russet coloring
4in. (11.4cm.) long
17th/18th Century
The hunch-backed figure with ribboned flames rising from the haunches depicted grasping a sprig of lingzhi fungus in its sharply tapering jaws, with bulbous eyes, a pair of antlers and finely incised hair markings on the mane and tufted tail, the softly polished stone of very pale greenish-white tone with some fine opaque inclusions and light added russet coloring
4in. (11.4cm.) long