A pale green jade carving of a horse


Ming DynastyStanding on a base of rippling waves, the head lowered to drink from the water, and tail hanging down, the mane intricately incised, the smoothly polished stone with slight pale brown inclusions, box. 6.2cm (2 1/2in) long (2).
|明 青白玉飲水馬Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection來源：鄧德雍收藏Compare with a grey green jade horse from the British Museum with similar features of the face, dated to Jin to Yuan dynasty or later, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.372, no.26:15. See another related example from the Chih-jiu Chai Collection, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p.85, no.68.可參考一件金至元時期的青灰玉馬，藏於大英博物館，面部特征於本拍品有相似之處，見J. Rawson， 《Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁375，編號26:15。另可比對一件玉馬，見屈志仁著，《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing》，紐約，1980年，頁85，編號68。