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111 A pair of pale green jade ‘two sages’ plaques
138 | Bonhams mounted as table screens
18th/19th century
The wood screens each embellished with a pale green jade plaque
carved as a pair of animated sages engaged in conversation.
Both jades approx. 11cm (4¼in) high (2).
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000 CNY49,000 - 79,000

十八/十九世紀 木嵌青玉雕人物圖插屏一對
Provenance: an English private collection, purchased from Spink &
Son Ltd., London, on 5 April 1979
來源: 英國私人收藏, 1979年4月5日購於倫敦Spink & Son Ltd.

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A fine small white jade pebble carving of two
horses
18th century
The white stone skilfully carved as two entwined horses with cheeks
placed affectionately together, each with one leg resting on the
other’s flank and the other legs tucked underneath their bodies, their
tails sweeping around each other. 5cm (2in) long
£6,000 - 8,000
HK$75,000 - 100,000 CNY59,000 - 79,000

十八世紀 白玉雕雙馬擺件
Provenance: an English private collection
來源:英國私人收藏
The motif of two horses was popular from the Song Dynasty where
they were often depicted biting each other. From the Yuan Dynasty
the preference appears to have developed to show the horses resting
affectionately on each other, as in the current lot. For a very similar jade,
dated to the Yuan/Ming Dynasty, see the catalogue of the Hong Kong
Museum of Art exhibition, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996,
no.136. Another small white jade carving of a single horse, dated to the
Qing Dynasty, is included in the same exhibition as no.175.