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PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A SUPERB WHITE JADE FIGURE OF SEMI-RECUMBENT 出處：
HORSE 倫敦 Spink & Son Ltd.
Qianlong 美國英裔私人收藏，1970 年代至今
Carved in the Ming style with a recumbent horse with head facing
to its rear and with left leg in a rising motion, the other legs tucked Skillfully fashioned and sensitively rendered, this horse has a
to the side of the body, the finely delineated tail swept to its left side restrained muscularity befitting its pose. Small jade horse carvings
alongside the back leg and its mane similarly finely detailed and such as ours are usually shown in a reclining or seated pose which
parted in the middle to either side of the neck, the ears pressed follows the general form of the jade pebble from which it is cut. This
forward, each hoof naturalistically carved, the stone with an attractive results in minimal wastage of the precious stone. Such carvings
high polish. could be fondling pieces or more often made for the scholar’s studio
3 1/2in (9cm) long and used as paperweights or even brush rests.

$7,000 - 10,000 For a Qianlong marked example, of slightly larger size but similar
pose and with finely detailed hair and hooves, from the Palace
乾隆年間 白玉臥馬 Museum, Beijing, see Liu Yang and Edmond Capon, Translucent
World, Chinese Jades from the Forbidden City, Art Gallery of New
South Wales, 30 August - 11 November, 2007, p. 209, no. 147.
Provenance
Spink & Son Ltd., London The horse represents strength, wealth and rank and is associated
A Private English Collector in the US., 1970’s to the present day with official aspirations: carefree horses were symbolic of freedom
from their daily duties and routine.

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