A YELLOW JADE ‘HORSE AND MONKEY’ GROUP QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

the recumbent horse carved with its right foreleg raised, its head turned sharply to its left, detailed with a long jaw and neatly combed mane, a monkey clambering on its rear haunches, the stone of an attractive greenish-yellow tone with faint russet inclusions

In excellent general condition, with only a faint natural stone fissure to the horse's neck and face, as seen in the catalogue image. The stone of a more yellowish-green tone than as seen in the catalogue image.
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