A PALE GREENISH WHITE JADE BIXI -FORM WATER DROPPER CHINA, 17TH CENTURY The mythical beast shown in a crouching position with an ear-cup projecting from the mouth below a tiny hole, carved with curved horns that sweep back to flank the opening in the back, and with scrolls on the haunches and a bifurcated tail, the underside of the belly carved with an archaistic dragon, the stone of pale greenish white tone with a few natural dark fissures and minor opaque white inclusions 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long Provenance Roger Keverne, London, 2000. The Irving Collection, no. 270.
A PALE GREENISH WHITE JADE BIXI -FORM WATER DROPPER CHINA, 17TH CENTURY The mythical beast shown in a crouching position with an ear-cup projecting from the mouth below a tiny hole, carved with curved horns that sweep back to flank the opening in the back, and with scrolls on the haunches and a bifurcated tail, the underside of the belly carved with an archaistic dragon, the stone of pale greenish white tone with a few natural dark fissures and minor opaque white inclusions 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) long Provenance Roger Keverne, London, 2000. The Irving Collection, no. 270.
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