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Lot 31
A JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BEAST, BIXIE
Six Dynasties
20 March 2023, 08:30 EDT
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A JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT BEAST, BIXIE
Six Dynasties
In crouching position balanced on powerful limbs as if ready to leap, the alert head slightly raised, the square snout with open mouth showing fangs and teeth, a pair of horns curled behind the pinned-back ears, the face deeply carved with finely incised lines to indicate fur, the ridged back ending in forked tail, the scaled legs with feathered wings, the translucent sea green stone smoothly polished, with natural veins stained in rust from burial.
2 3/4in (7cm) length
In crouching position balanced on powerful limbs as if ready to leap, the alert head slightly raised, the square snout with open mouth showing fangs and teeth, a pair of horns curled behind the pinned-back ears, the face deeply carved with finely incised lines to indicate fur, the ridged back ending in forked tail, the scaled legs with feathered wings, the translucent sea green stone smoothly polished, with natural veins stained in rust from burial.
2 3/4in (7cm) length
Footnotes
六朝 青玉辟邪
Published:
Chinese Works of Art, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988, no. 18
Exhibited:
Chinese Works of Art, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, May 27-June 18, 1988, no. 18
出版：
《中國藝術》, 紐約藍理捷中國文物, 1988 年, 圖版編號 18
展覽：
《中國藝術》, 紐約藍理捷中國文物, 1988 年 5 月 27 日至 6 月 18 日, 展覽編號 18
Compare the crouching jade bixie similarly decorated with knobbed spine, forked tail, and scaled and winged legs, from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Cheng Te-k'un and illustrated by Watt in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia Society, New York, 1980, p. 44, no. 13.