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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
CARVING OF A RECUMBENT HORSE
Late Ming Dynasty
Wearing a saddle and saddle cloth, the head
lowered and the forelegs tucked underneath
the body, the stone of grey-green hue with
creamy, russet and brown inclusions, an
aperture running through the centre of the
body.
6.5cm (2.1/2in) long.
£600 - 800
CNY5,300 - 7,100
HK$6,600 - 8,800 452

453
A MOTTLED CREAM AND GREY JADE
TWIN ‘RECUMBENT HOUND’ GROUP
Ming Dynasty
Each animal lying head to tail, the heads
facing each other and resting on a paw, the
mottled stone with striations, inclusions and
some areas of calcification.
9cm (3.1/2in) long.
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY8,800 - 13,000
HK$11,000 - 16,000
453
Provenance:
Christie’s, London, 9th June 1997, Lot 213
(?), (label).

454
A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
‘CRANE AND PEACH’ GROUP
Ming Dynasty
Modelled with the head turned to the reverse,
holding a leafy fruiting peach stem in its beak,
the legs tucked underneath the body, well
incised to simulate the plumage, the stone
with some speckled grey inclusions and deep
russet to the reverse, wood stand.
8cm (3.1/8in) long.

£600 - 800
CNY5,300 - 7,100
HK$6,600 - 8,800

Provenance:
The Philip Cardeiro Collection, Knapton Rasti
Asian Art, 2009, no.64.
Nagatani, Chicago.
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