skilfully worked in the round as a falcon perched atop the muscular back of a recumbent mythical beast, forming the rebus yingxiong (champion), the stone of an attractive warm yellow colour with faint russet inclusions and dark speckles

Good condition with just a minute bruise to the wing and other minor surface wear.
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本品雕一鳥居瑞獸之上，瑞獸回首與之相對，造型靈巧。鷹與熊之組合，音同「英雄」，含英勇、勇猛之寓意，故此類玉雕常作贈予軍隊將士之禮物。

可比較一相似例，展於《Naturalism & Archaism. Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton Collection》，Carter Fine Art Limited，倫敦，1995年，編號59。再比較一類例，貯於巴斯東亞藝術博物館，圖見於 Angus Forsyth 及 Brian McElney，《Jades from China》，巴斯，1994年，圖版292；第三相似例，然其雕一熊，而非神獸，藏於北京故宮博物院，刊於《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇》，卷9：清，北京，2011年，圖版149；此外，尚有一例，為 Constance Margaret Goldney 舊藏，後售於香港蘇富比2013年10月8日，編號3307；再可參考一例，售於倫敦蘇富比2007年11月4日，編號3。