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A VERY FINE WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT HORSE 清十八世㈵ 白玉臥馬
18TH CENTURY
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The horse is shown with head turned backwards and nestled between the tucked legs.
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The ridged backbone follows the elegant curve of the body. The softly polished stone is of
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3⅛ in. (8 cm.) long, cloth box
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Malcolm Barnett, The Kirknorton Collection, Hong Kong. # .PSHBO及李Ώロ
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Anthony Carter, London, 12 July 2000. "SDIBJTN $IJOFTF +BEFT GSPN UIF
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London, Carter Fine Art Ltd., Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton $IJOFTF +BEFTǘ
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Collection, 1995. 編號
LITERATURE:
B. Morgan and Li Boqian, Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton
Collection, London, 1995, no. 31.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 98-99, no. 43.
Horses were depicted in jade as early as the Tang dynasty (AD 618-907) and continued
to be a favored subject into the Qing period. As a symbol of speed and strength they are
depicted as metaphors for the fine qualities expected in good officials, and embody the
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wish for immediate success. During the 18 century the finest carvings of horses, as well
as other animals and birds, were executed in white jade of the highest quality. This can be
seen in a carving of two horses shown seated beside and looking at each other in the Qing
Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum
- 42 - Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 109, pl. 89. As with the present figure, the two
horses are finely and realistically carved. Another white jade example of smaller size (4
cm.) that depicts a horse curled up on its side as it bites one of its hind legs is illustrated in
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1996, pp. 182-83, no. 175. The present
figure stands out for its exquisite and sensitive carving as well the purity of its white color
and fine polish.

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