CARVED AGATE MYTHICAL BEAST
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
£750
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
in the form of a reclining lion dog with its head turned sideward and its mouth clasping a lingzhi branch, resting on a thick plinth formed by a cluster of lingzhi
Dimensions
8cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection; purchased from William Clayton Fine Chinese Jade, Porcelain and Works of Art, London, in the 1960s and 1970s.