Ming DynastyThe dragon-headed beast seated with raised left knee, holding a lotus bud in the right paw and a string of beads in the left paw, its front rendered with breasts above a belly, finely detailed with an incised beard, a pair of long curved horns, a prominent spinal bone and scales at the back, drilled for suspension, the stone of a pale green to brown with russet inclusions, box. 5cm (2in) high (2).