Chinese Ming Type Jade Beast

Celadon jade carved with a crouching beast with its head looking back. 3*2*1.4inch.

The flattened archaic beast with the head turned backwards with an open mouth and the tail curing upwards, with stylized water sprays springing from its back, the stone of a pale celadon then with rus

Chinese black and celadon jade cup, carved and reticulated with a recumbent beast as handle. Approx. 2.6-1.45-1.75 inch.

The massive hollow washer carved the body carved in raised relief with a large dragon, two smaller attendant dragons and two beasts, the cover surmounted with three beasts. 14.5inch L, 13.5inch W, 8in

One worked in disc form carved in openwork with three beasts clambering along the edge and grasping lingzhi, the other worked in chicken heart shape carved with a dragon and a phoenix, pierced with a

Including a yellow-brown jade beast recumbent above its four tucked legs, pierced through its mouth and body, and a brown-white jade mandarin duck with brown inclusions, pierced through its neck. 0.9i

Chinese Ming type burnt russet jade pendent, carved as an axe with leaf patterns with an archaic beast on the top. 3.1*2inch. The Estate of the Nina. H. Emma. Los Angeles.

Of irregular shape, the exterior carved with stylized coiled chilong amid scrolls, the stone in mottled grayish celadon tone with black cracks, with a fitted wood stand. 3.8inch L, 2.5inch W, 2.7inch

Carved in Ming type, the reclining horse modeled with its head and maned neck turned back over the shoulder, the front legs curled up and the hind legs tucked underneath its body with the tail wrapped

Superbly carved in the form of two large lingzhi heads borne on twisted gnarled stems issuing furled leaves and smaller lingzhi heads forming the base, the stone in a variegated celadon and russet col

Of quatrelobed form with scrolling rim, the interior decorated in raised relief with two fish amidst clouds, their fins and tails finely rendered with incisions, the stone in pale celadon color with r

The compressed body carved with a pair of chilong clambering on the sides and chasing a flaming pearl, the base incised with scrolling waves, the stone of a celadon tone with russet inclusions. 4.85in

Chinese Ming type jade bangle, stone in grey and black tone. 2.3inch. The Estate of the Nina. H. Emma. Los Angeles.

Of oval form, the domed surface carved with an archaic dragon crouching on clouds, the flat surface incised with ancient characters, the yellow-celadon jade with black inclusions. 2.6inch L, 1.4inch W

Chinese russet jade sculpture carved in recumbent buffalo form, the four legs tucked beneath its body, the head turned to the right. Approx. 3.2-6.4-3.5 inch.

Two Chinese brown jade carved bangles. Approx. 2.9inch outer diameter, 2.1 inch inner diameter (larger).

The disc carved to one side in high relief with a crouching chilong, the reverse with scroll motifs, the stone of mottled white tone with russet inclusions. 2.34inch L, 1.93inch W.

Naturalistically modeled as a section of knotted trunk, the exterior worked in high relief with gnarled branches of pine tree and plum blossom tree, the stone of brown celadon tone with russet streaks

Naturalistically carved as a crouching goose with its head turned backwards and clutching a branch, the stone in celadon tone with russet inclusions. Approx. 2.9-1.4-1.8 inch.

Both carved as a standing boy wearing a long tunic and holding a lotus stem in hands, the stone in a pale celadon color or a celadon color with russet inclusions. 2.3inch H, 1.35inch W (larger).

The chicken-heart shaped disc carved to one side with a coiled sinuous chilong in raised relief, the other side incised with archaic scroll patterns, pierced with a large aperture, the stone in a vari

Carved as a recumbent cat facing its young, the stone in white color with russet inclusions. Approx. 2.3-1.7-1.4 inch.

One carved as a pair of recumbent cats with heads turned to each other, with a butterfly in front to their bodies, the other as a crouching figure holding a long curled lingzhi branch with a cat aside

Chinese Ming type gu form celadon and russet jade carving. 2*1inch. The Estate of the Nina. H. Emma. Los Angeles.