AN EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST HAN / SIX DYNASTIES powerfully modelled in the form of a ferocious crouching mythical beast of feline form, depicted with right foreleg extended frontwards and left hind leg stretched backwards, the head turned slightly to the left and finely incised details on the back, wings and head, with well-defined horns above the beast's well-rendered eyes and snout, the front haunches subtly picked out with scales, the elongated torso flanked by a pair of short curved wings sprouting from its shoulders, the arched muscular body terminating with a long curled tail, the lustrous stone of a warm colour mottled with faint russet inclusions, wood box 9.3 cm, 3 5/8 in.
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST HAN / SIX DYNASTIES powerfully modelled in the form of a ferocious crouching mythical beast of feline form, depicted with right foreleg extended frontwards and left hind leg stretched backwards, the head turned slightly to the left and finely incised details on the back, wings and head, with well-defined horns above the beast's well-rendered eyes and snout, the front haunches subtly picked out with scales, the elongated torso flanked by a pair of short curved wings sprouting from its shoulders, the arched muscular body terminating with a long curled tail, the lustrous stone of a warm colour mottled with faint russet inclusions, wood box 9.3 cm, 3 5/8 in.
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