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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 261

A WHITE AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A HORSE, MING DYNASTY
Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD

A WHITE AND BROWN JADE CARVING OF A HORSE
MING DYNASTY
明 玉雕臥馬擺件

reclining with a serene facial expression, its head and neck extended over the shoulder, the front right leg curled up and the hind
hooves tucked underneath the body, the tail wrapped around the hindquarters, the mane and tail detailed with fine incisions, the
stone celadon-white tone with russet patches

Length 3 in., 7.5 cm

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
Exquisitely rendered with a gentle smile and full rounded body, the horse has been further endowed with a certain individuality
through the jade stone from which it has been fashioned. Carvers of the Ming period aimed to capture more than the mere
physical likeness of subjects, so as to convey their true character.

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