A MINIATURE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A STRIDING MYTHICAL BEAST

19TH CENTURY

Details

A MINIATURE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A STRIDING MYTHICAL BEAST
19TH CENTURY
The lion-like body with flames on the haunches and with a knobbed single horn
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1982.

Exhibited

Chinese Jade: The Image from Within, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, 1985 - 1986, no. 224.

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Lot Essay

It is possible that this animal was once the upper portion of a small jade seal, and was later removed. See, for example, another white jade beast of similar size atop a jade seal, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles of the Study, Hong Kong, 2009, p. 247, no. 243.

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