A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????

Carved in a recumbent posture, depicting the unusual single horned mythical creature Baku ”?“ with round bulging eyes, a lively elephant trunk, and leaf-like elephant ears, with a sinuous long tail extended to its strongly ridged back, the four legs tipped by sharp paws, surface finely polished, retaining traces of cinnabar in the recesses. Cloth box.

L: 2 3/4 in.

The present piece, finely carved and sensitively modeled, is an extremely rare Chinese rendition of a mythical creature which, according to early Japanese sources, was a rarely seen beast from Chinese folklore which protected against pestilence and evil fortune, and in later Japanese folklore, "eats" nightmares.

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Property from a private collection, Bethesda, MD, acquired from the above, August 16, 1988, (as Han period)

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A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????

L: 2 3/4 in.

PROVENANCE:

Ashkenazie & Co., San Francisco, California

Property from a private collection, Bethesda, MD, acquired from the above, August 16, 1988, (as Han period)

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A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????

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A Chinese brown and beige jade carving of a Baku 玉雕貘 Ming dynasty or earlier ????