A jade recumbent horse, Tang-Liao dynasty | 唐至遼 玉馬
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December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description
A jade recumbent horse, Tang-Liao dynasty
唐至遼 玉馬
unusually carved with simple linear outlines and angular shapes, the stone of a grey-white tone, pierced with a hole through the centre of the animal's back for suspension or fastening as a toggle
Length 4.7 cm, 1⅞ in.
Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong, 1st February 1988.
聯齋古玩號，香港，1988年2月1日
Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 73.
《Chinese Jade Animals》，香港藝術館，香港，1996年，編號73
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 26:8.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版26:8