Six Dynasties Period (220-589)
Length: 7.6cm
The jade is carved in the shape of a two-horned crouching bixie with
curled brows above lozenge-shaped eyes and an open mouth exposing
its teeth. The head is raised above a protruding chest, its left
front leg forward. A pair of wings flank the body, extending from
the front haunches.
The yellow jade stone is of a warm greenish-yellow colour with
patches of grey to one side.
Similar Example
A similar jade bixie in the Taipei National Palace Museum is
illustrated in Splendid Treasures: A Hundred Masterpieces of the
National Palace Museum on Parade, Taipei, 2012, Catalogue No. 18.
Another close example of a jade bixie in the Arthur M. Sackler
Gallery (Inventory No. S1987.26), formerly in the collection of
Desmond Gure, is published in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the
Qing, London, 1995, Catalogue No. 73.
PROVENANCE
Lady Mary Stewart (1916-2014)
Sydney Moss, Circa 1970
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