A CARAMEL AND BROWN JADE HORSE

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A CARAMEL AND BROWN JADE HORSE
MING DYNASTY

The recumbent horse carved in the round with head turned sharply to the rear over the raised left foreleg, the mane and tail lightly incised, the underside carved with the four legs, the stone of caramel tones with darker brown areas, the underside of yellow tone, all with a smooth polish
2 3/8in. (6cm.) long, box

Exhibited

The Dayton Art Institute, 1989, no. 188

Lot Essay

Recumbent horses are often carved in non-feasible positions in the early to mid Ming period.

A celadon jade horse dated to the mid-Ming dynasty with head turned sharply back over a raised foreleg, illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol. 5, no. 144, is similar to the present lot.

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