A fine and rare small yellow jade 'dragon' washer17th/18th century
The shallow round washer delicately carved rising from a short circular foot to flaring sides, flanked by two writhing chilong clambering up each side, the stone of a yellow-green tone with a russet inclusion highlighting one of the chilong, box. 8.5cm (3 5/16in) wide (2).注脚十七/十八世紀 黃玉雕雙螭耳筆舔

Compare with a pale green jade 'chilong' cup, early Qing dynasty, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade 10. Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, p.194, no.143. See also a yellow and brown jade 'chilong' washer, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 December 2015, lot 360.

黃玉質，略帶棕皮，雕小圓盤，盤底矮圈足，兩側鏤雕螭龍耳，螭龍攀附盤壁對望，生動傳神，龍身毛髮，五官神態，雕琢細膩畢肖，巧妙將玉皮留雕作龍身，匠心巧運。

螭龍耳之杯盤碗碟自宋代以來十分流行，清代亦不少見，可参考一件相關的清早期青玉螭耳杯，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇10》，北京，2011年，頁194，編號143。此件筆舔小巧可愛，其設計可參考一件十八世紀黃玉浮雕螭龍耳洗，2015年12月3日售於香港蘇富比，拍品編號360。