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A PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A ‘HEAVENLY HORSE’
CARRYING BOOKS, LONGMA
18th century
Deftly carved in recumbent position above swirling waves, carrying
a bundle of books tied with a flowing ribbon on its back, the body
flanked by waves issuing from the sides, the head finely detailed with a
neatly combed mane and turned towards the back, the stone of pale
white-greyish tone with milky-white inclusions.
9.2cm (3 5/8in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 青白玉雕龍馬負書擺件

Provenance: Christie’s Paris, 7 December 2007, lot 216

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter
Exhibition, London, 2008, no.88.

來源：巴黎佳士得，2007年12月7日，拍品編號216

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2008年， 699
編號88

For a similar pale green jade example of a longma carrying books
across waves, 18th century, see R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the
Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl.193,
which was later sold at Christie’s New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1507.
A related jade carving of a mythical horse carrying books on its back
while crossing the sea, mid Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection,
is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace
Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, p.110, no.90.
700
A FINE WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘GOOSE AND YOUNG’
PAPERWEIGHT
18th century
The pebble smoothly carved as a goose with finely-incised feathers,
its long elegant neck turned back to feed its young beside it, the
underside carved with swirling wave, the stone of pale white tone with
russet inclusions. 8.5cm (3 3/8in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 白玉雕子母鵝形紙鎮
700
Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London

來源：倫敦古董商埃斯卡納齊

See a related jade goose paperweight, Song dynasty, illustrated in
Tianjin Shi Yishu Bowuguan Cang Yu, Tianjin, 1993, no.172; another
in the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated by Zhang Guangwen and
Zhang Shoushan, Gugong Cangyu, Beijing, 1996, no.127.
701
A WHITE JADE ‘BUDDHIST LION AND CUB’ BELT BUCKLE
18th century
Carved as a lioness and cub, the lioness with curly mane and a
bushy tail swept toward the front, crouching with a ribbon in its teeth
suspending a diaper-patterned brocade ball between the forelegs, the
cub joyfully clambering up the back, the lustrous stone of white tone
with small icy inclusions. 8.4cm (3 3/8in) wide.
£1,000 - 2,000
CNY9,100 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

十八世紀 白玉雕太獅少獅帶鉤

701

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