A fine white jade recumbent horse


18th centuryExquisitely carved with its head turned towards its raised hind left leg, with crisply incised mane and tail sweeping around the right haunch, the front legs folded and tucked underneath its smooth body, the stone of an even white tone. 8cm (3 1/8in) long.
|十八世紀 白玉臥馬把件Provenance: an English private collection, acquired by the owner's grandparents and thence by descent來源：英國私人收藏，由現藏家祖父母購得，並由後人保存迄今Compare with a similar jade horse in the Musée Cenuschi, Paris, 18th century, illustrated in Jades Chinois Pierres D'immortalité, Paris, 1997, p.166, no.100.