This animal looks like a recumbent domestic cat, the head turned to the left, his tail carved in a “C” over his back. The pale celadon jade has pronounced brown and almost black markings.

Literature: Anthony du Boulay, The Duberly Collection of Chinese Art at Winchester College (Winchester, 2019), p. 132

Provenance: Bequeathed as part of the Duberly Collection, 1978; purchased by Major Montagu and Lady Eileen Duberly from John Sparks, 31 May 1965 (£330); formerly in the collection of Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill of Northwick Park, sold Christie’s, London, 24 May 1965, lot 93

Location: Treasury, Gallery 2