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《The Arts of the T'ang Dynasty, A Loan Exhibition Organized by the Los Angeles County Museum from Collections in America, the
Orient and Europe》，洛杉磯郡藝術博物館，洛杉磯，1957年，編號284

Catalogue Note
Skillfully fashioned in the round, this charming jade horse is sensitively rendered with gentle facial features and full rounded
contours that pleasantly compliment its restful pose.

Animal carvings such as the present lot belong to a group of naturalistically rendered carvings attributed to the Yuan and Ming
dynasties. Compare the carving and manner of a Yuan dynasty jade fish and lotus group in the Qing Court Collection illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum. Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 117. A pale green jade recumbent
horse in a similar posture, attributed to the Jin-Yuan dynasty or later is illustrated in Jessia Rawson, Chinese Jade from the
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 26.15.

此玉馬圓雕工藝簡潔流暢，面部刻畫表情柔和，身形飽滿，雖以靜態伏臥形象呈現，但回首姿態充滿動感，體現馬與生俱來的力量，可謂
匠心獨運。

本品風格屬於一類元明時期的動物形玉雕。可參考一元代玉雕連年有餘擺件，雕工及風格相近，清宮舊藏，載《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全
集•玉器（中）》，香港，1995年，圖版117。另見一青玉雕臥馬例，形態相類，斷代金至元或更晚，錄傑西卡•羅森，《Chinese Jade
from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年圖版26:15。

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