A fine Chinese pale celadon carving of a recumbent horse 17th or 18th century, with its head turned over its back and its legs tucked neatly beneath the body, a small monkey clambering on its back, the animals' features finely defined, the stone with mottled white and russet variations, 8.3cm.

Provenance: formerly an English private collection.

Cf. Y Ip, Chinese Jade Carving, no.152, pp.164-5, and also M Zhang, Chinese Jade: Power and Delicacy in a Majestic Art, p.21 for similar carvings.

十七/十八世紀  青白玉雕馬上封侯擺件

來源：英國私人收藏家