A CHINESE WHITE JADE 'DRAGON' HAT FINIAL

MING DYNASTY

Carved in openwork with a sinuous dragon coiling itself amongst many flowering leafy branches, the beast with its mouth slightly agape revealing its sharp fangs, all raised on a gently domed oval base, the slightly convex underside with four small holes for attachment, 6.5cm across.

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.