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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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AN EXQUISITE AND VERY RARE WHITE JADE ᪺̗㡳 Ⅾἕ㢴㪐Ꮙͭ
HORSE GROUP
ϝᬝ
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Ⲗஇഅ㐠⁞㛌卻%PSTFU卼$SJDIFM )PVTF ⯠⻦卿ᇌ۔⢪ⰻ⯅㯀
The group is finely and naturalistically carved depicting one horse
with its forelegs resting on the back of the other horse. Both are ೥ഺݓ⇱⎈ഺ೥
ٳᘹऒⶸਦ.JDIBFM (JMMJOHIBN
modelled recumbent and their necks intertwined. The details of
the horses’ manes and tails are finely combed, and their eyes are 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ৌ⁞ᝩℱ଍Ⅷ⻦卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
inlaid with small ruby beads of bright and clear tone. The stone is 㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
of a pale tone with a few areas of russet inclusions.
5 º in. (13.3 cm.) wide, carved wood stand, box ൣ⿫
⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ⯍ ᚚ
HK$6,000,000-8,000,000 US$770,000-1,000,000 ᯳೥㯀⧻ワ㱦卿 ჺ ᝲ⯍ ჺ ᝲ

PROVENANCE ⮐㙽
From the collection at Crichel House, Dorset, thence by descent
3 ,MFJOFSⶬ卿ǶChinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone
to the first Lord Alington and to his daughter, the Hon. Mrs
HartmanǷ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿⤔⽚
Marten
Michael Gillingham, London
The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, Part I,
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1422
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3638
EXHIBITED
Christie’s New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
LITERATURE
R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 238, no. 187

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