1-234-027 - The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images

Jade mythical animal with bat, Jin or Yuan dynasty, China, 1115-1368. A jade mythical animal slinking forward. The right front and left rear leg are advancing. The rather pointed head and beaked mouth face to the right. There is a knobbly spine and good muscle definition. The jade is of off-white/yellowish colour with brown flecks, the base of the animal being natural black colour. A bat with wings outspread is at rest against the animal's body stretching between its left side front leg almost to its back leg.