A VERY PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A MYTHICAL BEAST 18th century The pebble smoothly carved as a recumbent beast, the large head with bulbous eyes beneath furrowed brows and a long bifurcated horn, grasping a spray of auspicious lingzhi fungus in its jaws, turned sharply towards its back, the tail curled around its left haunch, the stone of pale-green tone with a dark brown area. 5.2cm (2in) long. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀 青白玉雕瑞獸銜芝 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2009, no.97. 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2009年，編號97 A similar jade carving of a Buddhist lion is illustrated by Mei Ninghua and Tao Xincheng, Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Jades, Beijing, 2002, p.189, no.220. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com