finely carved in a recumbent pose, the larger figure with all four legs tucked underneath, resting contentedly with its head turning to one side being nuzzled, its young nestled between the front legs, the curved striated horns carved in the round, the hooves and tucked legs clearly defined, the opaque stone a warm ivory color suffused with fine gray and brown inclusions 

Rare Art, Inc., New York, 18th August 1975.

Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 127.

Overall in good condition with very minute scattered nicks to the extremities. The color of the stone is whiter than in the illustration in the printed catalogue.
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