A pale green and black jade mythical beast


Ming Dynasty or earlierThe recumbent beast carved with the head turned to its left and resting on its front paws, the face with bulging eyes and angular snout, the back with a prominent spinal column, the tail swept against its hunches, the stone of pale green tone with brown-black inclusions, box. 5cm (2in) long (2).
|明或更早 青玉瑞獸Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection, prior to 2010來源：鄧德雍收藏，早於2010年Compare with a related green and black jade recumbent dog, Ming dynasty, with similar face and flat base, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 6 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, p.245, no.246.北京故宮藏一件明代青玉黑沁臥犬可作參考，其面部及底部和本品相似，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器篇》，卷六，北京，2011年，頁245，編號246。