Sculptured as a bird of pray with one claw on a small animal, by the side lingzhi fungus. Height 10 cm.
Natural inclusions and feathering to the stone.
Traugot collection no 1301.
From the Collection of Ivan Traugott. (1871-1952). Thence by descent within the family. Traugott was a Swedish businessman and important art collector. An early member of the China club, investor in the Karlbeck consortium and good friend and sponsor of Johan Gunnar Andersson in the early 20th century. A large part of his collections can be seen today at Nationalmuseum and East Asian Museum in Stockholm.