A CARAMEL AND BROWN JADE HORSE

细节

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

展览

The Dayton Art Institute, 1989, no. 188

拍品专文

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.