A WHITE JADE HORSE AND MONKEY GROUP | Christie's

Sale 2167

IMPORTANT JADE CARVINGS FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Hong Kong

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26 April 2004

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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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