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Auction 85-86 8-10 May
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An extremely fine and important dark green jade carving of a mythical beast, "Bixie"
Superbly carved from a flat stone, the mythical beast lies on its well defined clawed paws, facing forward, with a grinning mouth and intense oval eyes, framed by striated brows. Its back decorated with both incised archaic motifs and in low relief archaic scrolls, with a bifurcate tail, ending in a smooth curl. Calcified in some areas indicating great age.
Style of: Western Zhou (1100 BC – 771 BC), age determination uncertain
Length: 12cm, Width: 6cm
The decoration is characteristic of the Zhou period but also ascribed to the Sung period where some imitations followed.
Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artefacts in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1982, pg.25.
Superbly carved from a flat stone, the mythical beast lies on its well defined clawed paws, facing forward, with a grinning mouth and intense oval eyes, framed by striated brows. Its back decorated with both incised archaic motifs and in low relief archaic scrolls, with a bifurcate tail, ending in a smooth curl. Calcified in some areas indicating great age.
Style of: Western Zhou (1100 BC – 771 BC), age determination uncertain
Length: 12cm, Width: 6cm
The decoration is characteristic of the Zhou period but also ascribed to the Sung period where some imitations followed.
Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artefacts in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1982, pg.25.