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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘MYTHICAL BEAST’
FINIAL
18th/19th century
Carved in openwork with two single-horned mythical
beast each with bifurcated tail, seated on their
hindquarters on a slightly concave base drilled with
two pair of holes for fastening, the stone of an even
pale green tone.
3.8cm (1 1/2in) high

£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000

十八/十九世紀 青白玉瑞獸帽頂

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳藏品

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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A
HORSE
AND MONKEY
18th/19th century
Well carved as a recumbent horse with the legs
neatly folded and tucked underneath the body, its
head swayed to its right, precariously climbed over
a monkey grasping a rein strapped to the bridle, a
second monkey beside it, the translucent stone of
a white tone with russet inclusions highlighting the
reverse.
6.6cm (2 5/8in) wide

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000

十八/十九世紀 白玉帶皮馬上封侯把件

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

The monkey (hou 猴), is a homophone for ‘marquis’
(hou 侯), which on top of a horse (mashang 馬上), also
meaning ‘quickly’, is a rebus for ‘quick ennoblement’ or
rising quickly up the ladder of success in one’s career.

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