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property from an english private collection The horse, one of the twelve zodiac animals, is esteemed for its
英國私人收藏藏品 speed and power, in time it also came to represent the qualities of
122 good officials.
A white jade boulder Yang Boda notes with regard to the present lot that ‘the subject
17th/18th century of horse was popular in art throughout China’s history. It is not a
Crisply carved with two horses, one bending its head to drink at a common subject on jade, and, where found, is more likely to be a
stream and the other standing with its forelegs in the water beside single animal than a pair’ (ibid., p.160, fig.80).
a willow in a mountainous landscape, the reverse with a pine tree
growing from the bare rock.
13cm (5 1/8in) wide
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000 CNY39,000 - 59,000
十七/十八世紀 白玉雕雙駿圖山子
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, (label)
An English private collection
Published: R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1991, p.160, fig.80.
來源：倫敦Spink & Son, Ltd. (標籤)
英國私人收藏
出版：R.Keverne編，《Jade》，倫敦，1991年，頁160，圖80
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