A fine Chinese white jade model of a rolling horse

A fine Chinese white jade model of a rolling horse, lying with its head turned and with one of its rear legs raised, the mane and tail finely incised, 18th century, together with a later wood stand, 6.5cm long. (2) Provenance: The collection of William Drummond of Fife, Scotland. (1893 - 1980). Cf. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, no.64, p.8, where he illustrates a Tang dynasty jade depicting the same theme and notes that the coiled position "is similar to stone or pottery lions of the Tang period with one of the hind paws at the mouth or scratching one ear".