Ming dynasty
The rounded sides are carved in low relief with celestial animals including a turtle, a tiger, a snake, a bird and a hare pounding the elixer of long life, below 'ruyi' shaped cloud, the semi-translucent stone of a greyish-green tone with opaque and russet area encircling the sides.
8 cm across
Provenance: A former Dutch diplomat in Beijing, acquired in the late 1950s
WF 48 明 青玉褐沁手鐲
圓環手鐲，以淺浮雕刻飾瑞獸紋樣，包括龜、虎、蛇、鳥及玉兔等，襯以如意形雲紋。玉質半透明，呈灰青色調，間有不透明及褐色沁斑環繞器身。
直徑8公分
來源：曾駐北京之荷蘭外交官於1950年代末獲得之舊藏
