A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A MYTHICAL BEAST MING DYNASTY |

superbly depicted in mid-crawl as though preparing to pounce on its prey, the crouching mythical beast, possibly a bixie, rendered with an elongated torso flanked by a pair of wings and flamelike tendrils, terminating in a bifurcated tail with curling ends, further portrayed with a ferocious expression with an open mouth baring its fangs and tongue, all below heavy, curling brows and a pair of slender curling horns, the back of the figure with a circular well, the stone of a mottled olive-green colour with light beige striations and a beige patch to the forehead