Monochrome II
Monochrome II
PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 熙墀收藏
A JADE 'HORSE AND MONKEY' GROUP MING DYNASTY | 明 玉馬上封侯擺件
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October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 HKD
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Property from the Hei-Chi Collection
A JADE 'HORSE AND MONKEY' GROUP
MING DYNASTY
熙墀收藏
明 玉馬上封侯擺件
depicting a monkey clambering atop a recumbent horse and grasping its mane with one hand, the stone of a greyish-celadon colour with extensive black patches skilfully utilised to render the head and right side of the horse
6.3 cm, 2 ½ in.
Collection of Tingsong Shuwu.
聽松書屋收藏
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 175.
姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁175
Such a carving would have been presented to an aspiring official, as the depiction of a monkey atop a horse forms the rebus Ma shang feng hou, conveying the wish for a speedy promotion.
Compare two related Ming dynasty horse and monkey groups included in the exhibition Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. nos 152-153.
此件栩栩如生，色巧潤澤，寄有飛黃騰達之願，誠同類器中佳作。相關明代玉雕可參考《中國肖生玉雕》展出兩例，香港藝術館，香港，1996年，編號152-153。