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PROPERTY FROM THE WATER, PINE AND STONE RETREAT COLLECTION
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A RARE AND SUPERB WHITE JADE CARVING OF ᪺̗㡳 Ⅾἕ㢰㹪㪐ᨂ㹳Ꮙͭ
A DRAGON-HORSE
ϝᬝ
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
ⴢ೥ᖝ卿⡙ ჺ㧿
The large pebble is superbly carved as a longma (dragon-horse),
+BDL -PXFOUIBM Ⅷ⻦
with a pair of scrolls tied to its back by a long beribboned sash,
4 .BSDIBOU 4PO卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ ᝲ
looking back at dragon-tortoise, luogui, with a volume of books
᭢៏⒢ྒྷᏑⅧ⻦
similarly tied to its back, both rising from waves which make
up the lower part of the carving, utilising the brown skin of the
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materials. The horse is carved with scaled flanks with flames
(SPTWFOPS )PVTF ऒⶸཿ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ ᝲ
emanating from them. The stone is of an even, semi-translucent
white tone with a soft polish and concentrated areas of russet skin. ⮐㙽
6 ¿ in. (15.5 cm.) long, zitan stand, box
4 .BSDIBOU 4PO卿Ƕ1PTU "SDIBJD $IJOFTF +BEFTǷ卿ٳᘹ卿
HK$5,000,000-7,000,000 US$650,000-900,000 ჺ卿எ ⽚
PROVENANCE
Hugh M. Moss Ltd., circa 1973/1974
Jack Lowenthal Collection
S. Marchant & Son, London, June 1997
EXHIBITED
Grosvenor House Antique Dealers’ Fair, London, June 1997
LITERATURE
S. Marchant & Son, Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, London, 1995, no. 104

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