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A MOTTLED GREY JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT HORSE
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
With legs tucked under the body and head turned backwards, the ridged backbone illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the
following the elegant curve of the body, the mane and tail with fine hair markings, the Qing, London, 1995, p. 376, no. 26:19. Another related but
softly polished stone of mottled pale grey color smaller (8.3 cm. long) jade horse is illustrated in Zhongguo
8æ in. (22.2 cm.) long yuqi quanji – Sui Tang Ming, Hebei, 1994, vol. 5, p. 169, no.
244.
$50,000-70,000
A related bluish-grey jade carving of two horses, from the
PROVENANCE:
collection of Mr. H. Marx, dated to the Ming dynasty, and
The Walter C. Goodman and William Stanton Picher Collection, San Francisco, 27
carved in a charming style with the heads turned towards
October 1981.
each other, is illustrated in The Oriental Ceramic Society
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.
catalogue, Exhibition of Chinese Jades, London, 1948, pl. VII,
no. 123.
The horse has a long history as a symbol of power, energy and prestige in China. Jade
carvings of horses are thought to originate in the Tang dynasty, reflecting the powerful
stone sculptures of horses found on Spirit Roads and the pottery horses found in tombs. 明 灰白玉雕卧馬
來源:
A grey jade recumbent horse, dated late Ming or early Qing dynasty, shown with Walter C. Goodman 及William Stanton Picher珍藏，舊金山，1981
its head turned to the left but with the proper right foreleg bent up at the knee, is 年10月27日。
詹姆斯及瑪麗蓮·阿爾斯多夫珍藏，芝加哥。

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