Chinese. Finely carved to depict a body riding on a ram, the stone is of smooth polished yellow tone with some russet skin. Qing Dynasty period.
玉料黃玉質,局部有沁色斑。羊呈奔跑狀,昂首目視前方,眼睛以陰線刻成圓形。短頸,身軀肥碩,背部豐滿,雙角彎曲盤於頭後方兩側,尾部壓於臀後,其背部馱一童子,四蹄奔跑形態。線條簡潔傳神,下刀如削,精深有力。