A jade bixie-form waterpot and cover, 19th/20th century
Estimate $2,000 – $3,000
the animal crouched with large head raised and turned to the side, its mouth open baring its fangs, an aperture on its back with a small circular stopper, with winglets on its haunches and a long bifurcated tail, the pale stone with some opaque whitish mottling and black suffusions, box
11.5 cm long
- Lot Sold SOLD (Hammer Price)
Condition Report
A fissure/crack running around the left foreleg and another horizontal fissure/crack running from the right hind leg along the right side to beneath its beard.
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