A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TIGER Song/Ming Dynasty (2)A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A TIGERSong/Ming DynastyCarved as a flattened recumbent tiger slightly leaning to the right, its head turned to the left, detailed with a wide grin, thick eyebrows, fine whiskers and sharp fangs, its fur incised with vertical stripes, and its tail flicked over its haunches at the end of the raised backbone, the stone of even white tone with areas of russet inclusions, box. 7.7cm (3in) long. (2).宋/明 白玉帶皮虎把件For similar jade animal carvings of the same type, see the related Song dynasty white and russet jade 'mythical beast' of slightly different form exhibited in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated by G. Tsang, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, no.84.白質，圓雕一伏虎，虎四肢伏地，蒜鼻，圓目，蠶眉，節狀背脊，身陰刻虎斑，尾盤曲中穿，略有黃褐皮色。香港藝術館曾展出一件宋代白玉褐沁瑞獸，形象與本件頗類，惟身形稍異，見香港藝術館編，《中國肖生玉》，香港，1996年，編號84。