A SMALL PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A HORSEMING DYNASTY |

in a recumbent pose with the legs folded beneath the body, the tail swept to one side, the head turned all the way around gazing behind, the finely incised mane parted down the center and falling in waves to each side of the neck, the hair on the tail and legs also carefully delineated, the stone a faint green color with fine russet veins concentrated at the head and hind quarters

Purchased in Hong Kong, 1964.

Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 111.

The figure is in overall good condition with only very fine natural fissures at the veins and minor expected wear to the surface including a couple minute nicks.
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