A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST AND BIRD

A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST AND BIRD
QING DYNASTY

7.7cm.

By repute purchased from Robert Kleiner between the 1990s and 2000s.

Carved and pierced as a horned beast resting beside a small bird, the beast holds a large lingzhi spray in its mouth, detailed with raised eyebrows above bulging eyes, a finely incised mane and a ridged spine terminating with a bushy tail, the translucent stone of an even pale tone.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Yorkshire, by repute purchased from Robert Kleiner between the 1990s and 2000s.