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MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
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A FINE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MYTHICAL BEAST GROUP
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Well carved as a recumbent beast beside its young, the animal with two horns, a mane, bushy tail and ferocious leonine face, holding a sprig of openwork lingzhi fungus in its mouth, the underside carved with tail and paw details, the polished stone of mottled greenish-grey tone with areas of russet skin remaining over the extremities of the pebble
6¾ in. (17 cm.) long, fitted wood stand
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Well carved as a recumbent beast beside its young, the animal with two horns, a mane, bushy tail and ferocious leonine face, holding a sprig of openwork lingzhi fungus in its mouth, the underside carved with tail and paw details, the polished stone of mottled greenish-grey tone with areas of russet skin remaining over the extremities of the pebble
6¾ in. (17 cm.) long, fitted wood stand
Literature
China: Eine Wiege der Veltkultur, Roemer Und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildersheim, Germany, 17 July-27 November 1994, no. 228
Exhibited
China: Eine Wiege der Veltkultur, Roemer Und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildersheim, Germany, 17 July-27 November 1994, no.228
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Please note that the date for this lot should read 18th Century.