Description: Resembling a lion or tiger, lying on its paws. Its back and side decorated with its ‘flaming’ tail. The head with two horns and thick eyebrows, teeth clearly visible in it’s half open mouth.
Style of: Ming (1368-1644), age determination uncertain
Length: 16cm
Early stages of calcination in some places
Ontario museum Canada, catalogue, pg.112 (Ming). http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/a-yellowish-brown-jade-figure-of-a-recumbant-5354489-details.aspx