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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
і敦
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
і敦
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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