Details
A SMALL YELLOWISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE MYTHICAL BEAST
SONG/MING DYNASTY
The dog-like animal with curved scrolls carved on each haunch shown in a recumbent position with head resting between his front legs which are bent back beneath the body, his slightly bulbous eyes with incised pupils and his backbone a series of soft knobs, the stone softly polished and of yellow-green color shading to a soft brown--2¾in. (7cm.) long
SONG/MING DYNASTY
The dog-like animal with curved scrolls carved on each haunch shown in a recumbent position with head resting between his front legs which are bent back beneath the body, his slightly bulbous eyes with incised pupils and his backbone a series of soft knobs, the stone softly polished and of yellow-green color shading to a soft brown--2¾in. (7cm.) long
Provenance
Desmond Gure Collection, no. 153
Literature
Desmond Gure, "Selected Examples from the Jade Exhibition at Stockholm, 1963: A Comparative Study", B.M.F.E.A., No. 36, 1964, pl. 11:2
Exhibited
Stockholm, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Chinese Jades, 1963, no. 42