A CHINESE CELADON JADE QILIN

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Seated with its head turned back, the mythical creature bares its teeth holding a spray of lingzhi in its mouth, with a single horn carved to the back of its head, the stone with russet inclusions and white mottling, together with a wood stand, 7cm. (2)

Provenance: from the jade collection of a gentleman, acquired in Hong Kong between 1951 and 1954.