Pei 2

Monster face with fangs and crest

Light green translucent jade with heavy calcification and pitting.
Surface is very pitted and wrinkled.
Features are carved in high relief; mouth has frightening tusks and lolling tongue.
Above the monster is a kind of crest with a bird face(?).
Age is uncertain; the style seems similar to early Zhou monsters.
9.0 x 5.37 x 2.85 cm.

Jade Sacrarium