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18TH CENTURY
Details
A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BEAST AND BIRD
18TH CENTURY
The jade is carved as a bird with a hooked beak perched on the back of a recumbent mythical beast with claws and an incised beard. Both animals are incised with archaistic scroll details and the stone is of an even white color streaked with some russet inclusions on one side.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long, box
18TH CENTURY
The jade is carved as a bird with a hooked beak perched on the back of a recumbent mythical beast with claws and an incised beard. Both animals are incised with archaistic scroll details and the stone is of an even white color streaked with some russet inclusions on one side.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Helen D. Ling, Singapore, 1972.
Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Dunstone, MBE, Collection, Wiltshire, England.
Lieutenant Colonel J. G. Dunstone, MBE, Collection, Wiltshire, England.