A POWERFUL AND RARE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE 'DRAGON HEAD' ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT YUAN DYNASTY

powerfully and boldly worked in the form of a dragon head, the striking mythical beast rendered with circular glaring eyes below a bulging supraorbital ridge, the snout stylised with a scrolling profile, the flaring nostrils and prominent mouth protruding outward, two sharp fangs subtly extending upward toward the undulating whiskers, the beast further portrayed with a pair of small furled ears and finely incised mane and beard, the moss-green stone extensively accentuated with attractive russet skin to the sides of the beast's head, stand