A GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF A HORSE

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A GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF A HORSE
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The recumbent animal with three of its legs tucked under its body, one front leg bent, its gracefully arched neck turned and looking backwards, and its tail swept over its rear haunch, with well-incised hair markings, the stone of greyish tone with small areas of white and pale russet inclusions--2 1/4 in. (7.1 cm.) long