A grey and black jade figure of a recumbent horse, Yuan dynasty | 元 灰玉臥馬

A grey and black jade figure of a recumbent horse

Yuan dynasty

元 灰玉臥馬

resting with its legs neatly tucked beneath its body and the head turned backwards, the body detailed with taut muscles and a pronounced spine terminating in a finely incised tail curled along the length of its left haunch, the stone a pale greyish-celadon colour with scattered dark inclusions

Length 7.7 cm, 3 in.