the scaled legs with feathered wings, the translucent sea green stone smoothly polished, with natural veins stained in rust from burial.

Published: Chinese Works of Art, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1988, no. 18.

Exhibited: Chinese Works of Art, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, May 27-June 18, 1988, no. 18.

Note: Compare the crouching jade bixie similarly decorated with knobbed spine, forked tail, and scaled and winged legs, from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. Cheng Te-k'un and illustrated by Watt in Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia Society, New York, 1980, p. 44, no. 13.

Bonhams. J. J. Lally & Co. Fine Chinese Works of Art, New York, March 20, 2023