Crouching tiger with broken tail  - Mostly cream colored jade with calcification and surface damage.
- Two small suspension holes on top of animal.
- Decorated of whorls and spirals in low thread relief augmented by eroded lines.
- Tip of tail broken off - carving may have been used as a stylus or awl as this style often has a truncated tail, and lies well in the hand for this use.
- Workmanship is rather rough, particularly on the underside.
- Style is similar to Zhou period.
- 9.98 x 2.66 x 2.07 cm.
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