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100 A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE
CARVING OF A HORSE
㶭 湫 QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
⋩ 䌱 recumbent with head turned back and legs tucked neatly
ℓ 晽 beneath, the parted mane framing the face and sweeping down
ᶾ 再 the neck, the tail swept to one side, the face with a bridle, the
䲨ġġġ 楔 rein draped across the body, the even yellow stone skillfully
㒢 worked to leave the caramel russet skin across the back and
ẞ base, wood stand (2)

Length 3⅛ in., 8 cm

PROVENANCE Ը๕
Collection of L. A. Langston. ōįġłįġōŢůŨŴŵŰů㓞啷
Oriental Rarities (Alan Hartman), New York, 3rd November 1980. ŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġœŢųŪŵŪŦŴġĩłŭŢůġʼnŢųŵŮŢůĪ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹı⸜IJIJ㚰Ĵ㖍
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ㫸暚ằ
Irving no. 222.
⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ijijij
The horse represents speed, immediacy and strength. For a
celadon jade horse, with the head, mane, and bridle carved in
a very similar manner but with a small monkey on its back, see
one sold in these rooms, 19th March 2019, lot 201. See also two
recumbent jade horses sold at Christie’s New York: the Þ rst
yellow and brown jade example sold 18th September 2014, lot
1238; the second pale green jade example sold 13th September
2012, lot 1043.
$ 20,000-30,000

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