A small yellow and russet jade horse


Song DynastySkilfully carved as a horse lying on its side, its head turned back touching its hind hoof, the hair of the mane and tail rendered with incised lines, the stone of yellow tone with brown inclusions. 4.2 (1 5/8in) long
|宋 黃玉滾地馬Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection來源:鄧德雍收藏Compare with a related jade camel, Song dynasty or later, demonstrating a similar execution of the incised lines which follows the curve of the neck, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.372, no.26:12. See also another related horse of similar pose, probably Yuan or early Ming dynasty, illustrated by G.Tsang and H.Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, no.155.參考一件宋代或更晚之玉駱駝，與本品曲項之態頗有形似，見J.Rawson著《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁372，編號26:12。另可參考香港東方陶瓷學會及香港大學馮平山博物館曾展出一件元代或明早期之玉馬，形態類似，見曾柱昭及H.Moss編，《文玩萃珍》，香港，1986年，編號155。