A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSE Ming Dynasty (2)A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A HORSEMing DynastyThe horse carved kneeling with its legs tucked beneath the large body covered with finely-incised saddle and stirrups, the arched neck with neatly-parted incised mane and pricked ears, the face with almond-shaped eyes, the stone of pale green tone with dark-brown patches, box. 9.2cm (3 5/8in) long (2).明 玉馬Provenance: Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park, GloucestershireChristie's London, 24 May 1965, lot 86Sydney L. Moss Ltd., LondonA distinguished English private collection來源：英國格洛斯特郡諾斯維克公園，喬治·斯潘塞·丘吉爾上尉（1876-1964）舊藏倫敦佳士得，1965年5月24日，拍品編號86倫敦古董商Sydney L. Moss Ltd.英國顯赫私人收藏Son of Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill, DL, and Augusta Warburton, and cousin to Sir Winston Churchill. Captain Spencer-Churchill inherited Northwick Park from his maternal grandmother in 1912. He was awarded the Military Cross in the First World War. He was a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and of the Karlbeck Syndicate, the latter a syndicate formed by Ovar Karlbeck acquiring objects on behalf of a consortium of museums and private collectors, the first in 1931-1932 and the second in 1934. See a similar jade carving of a horse, Yuan/Ming dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.83, no.66. See also another related jade carving of a horse, Yuan/Ming dynasty, illustrated in Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1997, p.150, no.132.