A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BIXIE

£1,000 - £2,000

A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BIXIE
PROBABLY SONG/YUAN DYNASTY

5cm.

The recumbent mythical creature finely carved with her head turned over her left shoulder, and her tail extending from a ridged spine and swished over her left haunch.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, purchased from the London trade from the 1990s to 2000s.