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    Sale 2167

    IMPORTANT JADE CARVINGS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

    Hong Kong

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    26 April 2004

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    • A WHITE JADE HORSE AND MONKEY
    Lot 1216

    A WHITE JADE HORSE AND MONKEY GROUP

    Price realised

    HKD 71,700

    Estimate

    HKD 80,000 - HKD 100,000

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    A WHITE JADE HORSE AND MONKEY GROUP
    QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

    Finely carved in the round with a recumbent reined horse, with its head turned back to face a monkey perched on its back and grasping onto the horse's reins, the milky-white stone speckled with opaque inclusions
    3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) wide, box

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    Lot Essay

    Cf. a jade carving with an identical composition, illustrated by R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 184; and another illustrated in Jadeware (III) - The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 91.

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