Ming DynastyWell carved in crouching posture looking to its right and upwards with the front right foot extended, the head carved in relief with rectangular-shaped eyes incised with circles, framed by the T-shaped nose and incised eyebrows, the ears pointed towards the back and flanking the finely incised mane along its neck reaching the crescent-ridged spine, the bushy tail flicked to one side, the rear haunches finely incised with scales below incised lines possibly depicting wings, the well-defined clawed feet with fur marks along the edges, the body of pale green tone with the russet cleverly used to denote the fur at the top, box. 5.8cm (2 1/4in) long (3).