A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSE 19TH/20TH CENTU...

A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSE 19TH/20TH CENTURY 黄褐玉马 十九/二十世纪 carved as the animal with legs tucked neatly beneath its body and head turned backwards across the body 6cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Frank Ormond, August 1988 NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: James C.Y. Watt, ‘Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing’, New York, 1980, No. 70 Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, 1996, No. 152 Bluett & Sons, ‘Dr Newton’s Zoo: A Study of Post-Archaic Small Jade Carvings’, London, 1981, Nos. 50, 51 S. Marchant & Son, ‘Chinese Jades from the Mr. O.J.R. Allen Collection’, London, 2013, No. 13

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