A RARE ROCK CRYSTAL BEAR YUAN / MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER 水晶熊 ...

Hammer

£800

A RARE ROCK CRYSTAL BEAR
YUAN / MING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
水晶熊 元/明或更早
modelled standing standing on all fours the head turned very slightly to one side, and is detailed with slightly tapering snout, with circular eyes and flattened coiled ears
8.5cm long

Footnote: a few similar example of white jade bear sold in the auctionhouses, such as Sotheby's Hong Kong, Important Chinese Art, April 8, 2023 lot 3832, A White Jade Bear, Western Han Dynasty. Another example also sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong,Beasts of Antiquity: Important Jade Animals from the Chang Shou Studio, October 3, 2017 Lot 3317.