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            A SUPERB GREENISH-GREY AND BLACK JADE FIGURE OF A                  元 明 黑青玉臥馬
            RECUMBENT HORSE
                                                                               Ϝ源
            YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)                                      鍾華培熙墀珍藏
 香港
                                                                               "OUIPOZ $BSUFS
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     年  月  日
            The horse is shown in a coiled position, with the head resting on the tucked tail and back
                                                                               -+;珍藏
 美४
            right leg. The hair of the mane and the tail are finely incised. The stone is of a greenish-grey
            and black tone, particularly on the underside, and has extensive veining throughout.  展覽
                                                                               香港
 香港藝術館
 Ǚ中४玉雕ǚ
     年  月
            2¬ in. (6.7 cm.) wide, cloth box                                     日   月  日
            $80,000-120,000                                                    香港
 香港藝術館
 Ǚ中४肖生玉雕ǚ
     年
                                                                                月  日  月  日
            PROVENANCE:                                                        ֨ḛ
            Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong.                  葉義
 Ǘ中४玉雕ǘ
 香港
     年
 頁
            Anthony Carter, London, 29 November 2004.                          編號
                                                                               香港藝術館
 Ǘ中४肖生玉雕ǘ
 香港
     年
            The LJZ Collection, United States.
                                                                               頁     
 編號
            EXHIBITED:                                                         姜濤及劉雲㍿
 Ǘ熙墀藏玉ǘ
 ٫̺
     年
            Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Carving, 21 October-24 December 1983.  頁
            Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, 19 April-14 July 1996.  "  $BSUFS
Ǘ5IF -+; $PMMFDUJPO PG
                                                                               $IJOFTF +BEFTǘ
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     年
 頁
            LITERATURE:                                                        編號
            Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, pp. 142-43, no. 131.
            Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 96-97, no. 65.
            Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 142.
            A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 46-47, no. 18.
            This exceptionally strong carving of a horse, shown in a tightly coiled position, exhibits the
            skill of the carver in using to great effect the shape of the jade pebble and the markings in
            the stone. It would have made a fine weight or object on a scholar's table.


























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