A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF TWO MYTHICAL BEASTS Qing Dynasty (2)PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF TWO MYTHICAL BEASTSQing DynastyWell carved as a younger beast playfully resting on a larger recumbent beast, the larger one with its head slightly tilted to the right, detailed with a long snout, bulging eyes beneath furrowed brows a long single horn and a finely incised mane flanked by a pair of large furled ears, grasping a spray of auspicious leafy lingzhi fungus in its jaws, the long bushy tail swept against the right haunch, the softly polished stone of pale-green tone with occasional natural fissures, box. 14cm (5 1/2in) wide; 9cm (3 1/2in) high. (2).清 青白玉雕子母瑞獸銜芝Provenance:An important Asian private collection 來源:亞洲重要私人收藏See a related 17th/18th century white jade carving of 'mythical beasts', previously in the Roger Keverne collection, sold at Christie's New York, 23 September 2022, lot 735.玉質白中閃青，質地厚潤，圓雕獨角瑞獸一尊，獸獨角，牛耳，蒜鼻，圓睛，方口，口啣靈芝，頭後陰刻鬃髮，牛身，獅尾，踞坐貌，背部雕一獨角小獸，背脊連珠狀。 此獸形象可參考一件Roger Keverne舊藏十七至十八世紀白玉瑞獸，2022年9月23日售於紐約佳士得，拍品編號735。