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ANOTHER PROPERTY
1767
A GREYISH-GREEN JADE CARVING OF A HORSE AND
MONKEY
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The horse and the monkey together is a popular subject matter for
The horse is shown standing on a flat rock base and is tethered to a jade carving in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the present carving
pointed pole at the base of which a monkey sits and fans the leg of the appears to be one of the larger examples. A horse and climbing
horse with a branch. The stone is of a greyish-green tone with some monkey forms the rebus Mashang fenghou, which may be translated
paler and darker inclusions.
as 'May you immediately have high rank conferred upon you'. This
7¿ in. (18.1 cm.) long popular motif would have been used to confer good wishes to those
hoping to advance quickly into officialdom.
$8,000-12,000
For related but smaller (6.5 cm. long, each) horse and monkey
PROVENANCE:
carvings, see Chung Wah-pui, Carol Michaelson, and Jenny So,
Gumps, San Francisco, acquired in the 1940s.
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 166-167, nos. 152 and
Private collection, East Coast.
153. A similar, but later, Qianlong-period jade group was sold at
Christie's South Kensington, 17 May 2013, lot 1390.
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