CATALOGUE 2011
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
LENGTH: 9.1CM
The pale greenish-yellow jade carving depicts a mythical beast crouched and leaning forward with its protruding vertebrae and a curling bifid tail. The fur of the animal is carefully incised on its back
SIMILAR EXAMPLES
For a very similar white jade model of a recumbent camel dated to the Song Dynasty, see ‘Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing’, Jessica Rawson, 1995, no. 26:12. pages 368-369.; and again in ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Urban Council of Hong Kong, 19th April - 14th July 1996, no.108, p.132 & 133
明代 黃玉瑞獸擺件
