Period:Ming dynasty Production date:14thC-17thC
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:horse/ass (horse)
Dimensions:Height: 12.75 centimetres Length: 20.50 centimetres
Description:
Greyish green jade recumbent horse.
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Comments:This slender and elegantly smooth carving of a horse shows the creature lying down, its hind legs tucked under its body. One of the forelegs is bent upwards, and the neck and head are raised so that the horse looks back towards its tail. The mane and tail are carefully worked to represent the hair, with the other features, eyes, jaw, limbs, muscles and sinews, shown in fine grooves. Like the buffalo the horse probably belongs to the transition period from the late Ming to the Qing. Horses in the following Western collections have been published: the John D Rockefeller II Collection; a pair exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, (from the Sir John Woolf collection), the collection of Somerset de Chair, (but subsequently sold); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, the Seattle Art Museum; and the collection of Gerald Godfrey, There was also a horse formerly in the collection of Lady Patricia Ramsey. See Rawson 1995, p.376, cat.no.26:20.
Materials:jade
Technique:carved
Subjects:horse/ass (horse)
Dimensions:Height: 12.75 centimetres Length: 20.50 centimetres
Description:
Greyish green jade recumbent horse.
IMG
Comments:This slender and elegantly smooth carving of a horse shows the creature lying down, its hind legs tucked under its body. One of the forelegs is bent upwards, and the neck and head are raised so that the horse looks back towards its tail. The mane and tail are carefully worked to represent the hair, with the other features, eyes, jaw, limbs, muscles and sinews, shown in fine grooves. Like the buffalo the horse probably belongs to the transition period from the late Ming to the Qing. Horses in the following Western collections have been published: the John D Rockefeller II Collection; a pair exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1975, (from the Sir John Woolf collection), the collection of Somerset de Chair, (but subsequently sold); the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, the Seattle Art Museum; and the collection of Gerald Godfrey, There was also a horse formerly in the collection of Lady Patricia Ramsey. See Rawson 1995, p.376, cat.no.26:20.
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