A SMALL WHITE JADE CARVING OF A HORSE 18th/19th centuryA SMALL WHITE JADE CARVING OF A HORSE18th/19th centurySkilfully worked as a recumbent horse with its front legs gently bent and its head turned over its back, the body rendered with taut haunches terminating in a long tail swept to its right, the narrow and long head detailed with a pair of wide and alert eyes, below its finely incised bifurcated mane, the stone of an even pale celadon-tinged white colour. 5.3cm (2 1/8in) wide.十八/十九世紀 白玉雕臥馬把件The design of a recumbent horse can be seen on a related Qianlong period white jade carving in the Durwin Tang collection, sold in these rooms, 27 November 2018, lot 135. 白玉質，透潤白皙，圓雕臥馬回首，頸部陰刻鬃毛散於兩側，尾鬃收於股側。 滿人為馬上民族，清宮治玉多有馬，又多作臥式。可比較一件天珍堂舊藏清乾隆白玉臥馬擺件，2018年11月27日售於香港邦瀚斯，拍品編號135。