Jade horse, Song to Yuan dynasty (960-1368)-China Archive

Image Number: K1C001177N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Song dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: furnishings
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
Description:
Jade, white and moist with light yellow spots. The whole piece is carved as a horse, with its limbs folded inside to kneel, its head turned up and mouth opened, its mane and tail long. Attached wooden base. This piece was included in the Dobboge “Jiqiongzao” made in the Qianlong period. According to the original two layers of 73 pieces contained in the Jiqiongzao booklet, they were stored in wooden boxes inlaid with animal bones in Luodian.