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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSE A FINE AND RARE AGATE CARVING OF A GOAT
AND MONKEY Mid-Qing Dynasty
17th century Smoothly carved standing four-square, with almond-shaped eyes,
Well carved as a horse standing tied to a post surmounted by a lotus- the horns curling above the ears, wood stand.
bud finial, a mischievous monkey raises a branch towards a fluttering 6cm (2 3/8in) wide. (2).
bee beneath the finely-incised mane, the stone of pale celadon-green
tone with russet inclusions, wood stand. £4,000 - 6,000
10.2cm (3 1/2in) long. (2). CNY36,000 - 54,000

£2,000 - 3,000 清中葉 瑪瑙羚羊擺件
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Provenance: an English private collection
十七世紀 青白玉帶皮馬上封侯擺件
來源：英國私人收藏
Provenance: an English private collection
Following a resurgent Imperial interest in agate during the Yongzheng
來源： 英國私人收藏 reign, small carvings of animals in agate, such as the present lot,
or glass were probably designed as paperweights. Related glass
The carving of a bee or wasp (feng 蜂), monkey (hou 猴), and horse paperweights in the form of a turtle and owl from the Imperial collection
(ma 馬) is a rebus for the blessing ‘May you immediately be conferred were refined objects for the study and can be seen in The Complete
a high-ranking position (mashang fenghou 馬上封侯). Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles
of the Study, 2009, Shanghai, p.164, nos.147 and 148. An agate
Compare with a related jade carving, 18th century, of very similar form paperweight in the form of a toad, mid Qing dynasty, from the Imperial
and motif, which was sold at Christie’s London, 17 May 2013, lot 1390. collection is also illustrated in Scholar’s Paraphernalia: Classics of
Forbidden City, Beijing, 2009, no.178.

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