• Dimension: Height: 4 3/8 in (11.1 cm) Length: 5 1/4 in (13.3 cm)
• Estimate From: $3800
• Estimate To: $6800

Modelled in the form of archaic tapir form vessel, it is shown standing foursquare with head tilted upwards, detailed with round protruding eyes and swept back ears, the body finely carved with scroll pattern, the hollowed body with an opening, the stone is of greenish white tone with some minor russet markings. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

此拍品由整塊白玉雕琢而成，玉質細膩，包漿厚實。造型昂首前祝，頭型似牛，嘴部像犀，凝視前方，身軀豐滿肥碩，四肢強健有力，周身淺刻迴紋為飾，整體造型聰慧靈動，端正高古，材精玉純，為一件不可多得的清中期仿古玉器。此神獸擺件仿造戰國時期禮器青銅犧尊。犧是上古時期祭祀用的純色牲畜，在重大禮儀中用來祭祀神明，《周禮》將犧尊、像尊、著尊、壺尊、太尊、山尊定為六尊，其中犧尊最為華美。可參考台北故宮中藏嵌綠松石金屬絲犧尊（圖1），以及紐約蘇富比2015年3月拍品號323（圖2），成交價75,000美金。來源：洛杉磯資深藏家多年收藏
Provenance: Important Private collection, Los Angeles