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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A It is interesting to note the modelling of the present horse with its
legs outstretched. Jade animals were popular during the Song period
HORSE reviving a tradition that flourished during the Tang dynasty. The
present jade is more likely to be inspired by early carvings such as the
SONG DYNASTY (960-1279) recumbent horse on a rectangular base in the Victor Shaw Collection,
illustrated by J. Watt, Chinese Jades from the Han to Ch’ing, 1980, no.
The recumbent horse is carved in the round with head forward and 65 which the author dates to the Tang dynasty. The mottling of the jade
resting on two outstretched forelegs. Its mane is lightly incised, the surfaces is very similar to a recumbent jade ram in the British Museum
underside is deeply carved with the tail tucked between the two illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
back legs. The stone is predominantly of pale celadon tone with London, 1995, p. 368, fig. 1, which entered the Museum’s collection in
extensive flecked russet inclusions and a mottled polish. 1937.
5 in. (12.7cm.) long, box
宋 白玉馬
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-78,000
來源
PROVENANCE 高福履珍藏中國古玉器
香港佳士得，1995 年 10 月 30 日，拍品 845 號
The Gerald Godfrey Private Collection of Fine Chinese Jades 東南亞私人珍藏
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 October 1995, lot 845
展覽
EXHIBITED 亞太博物館，加州，1986 年，編號 146
聖安東尼奧美術館，德州，1986 年
Pacific Asia Museum, California, 1986, Catalogue, no. 146 代頓藝術學院，俄亥俄州，1990 年，編號 84
San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, 1986 棕櫚泉沙漠博物館，1990 年，編號 84
The Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, 1989, no. 84
Palm Springs Desert Museum, California, 1990, Catalogue, no. 84 著錄
巫鴻，〈Tradition and Innovation，Ancient Chinese Jades in the
LITERATURE Gerald Godfrey Collection〉，《Orientations》，1986 年 11 月，
圖7
Wu Hung, ‘Tradition and Innovation, Ancient Chinese Jades in the
Gerald Godfrey Collection’, Orientations, November 1986, fig. 7

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