Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art

Finely carved as a recumbent hound with its head resting on its extended forepaws.
The body finely carved to show the outline and details of the animal, with a
short, bushy tail, the underside of the legs finished flat. The stone of a pale celadon
tone with minor russet inclusions.
Compare a similar carving of a yellowish-green reclining dog, with brown markings
in the Victoria and Albert Museum, accession number A.70-1936, illustrated
in Ming Wilson, ‘Chinese Jades’, no. 76 and exhibited in the Oriental Ceramic
Society, ‘Chinese Jade throughout the Ages’, 1975, no. 250