WINTER EXHIBITION 2008 - Roger Keverne
WINTER EXHIBITION 2008 - Roger Keverne
WINTER EXHIBITION 2008 - Roger Keverne
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ROGER KEVERNE <strong>WINTER</strong> <strong>2008</strong> 109<br />
A very fine jade figure of a horse<br />
18th century<br />
Length: 3N in, 9.5 cm<br />
recumbent on incised crested waves. The<br />
animal turns its head over its shoulder to<br />
look at the heavenly texts tied securely on<br />
its back with a ribbon. The animal has short<br />
ears, well-defined facial features, an incised<br />
mane and tail, and flames above all four<br />
legs. The semi-translucent stone is a<br />
greenish-white tone with some oatmeal<br />
inclusions.<br />
Similar examples are illustrated in Fung<br />
and Yeung, Exquisite Jade Carving, p. 103;<br />
Hartman-Goldsmith, Chinese Jade, no. 34,<br />
p. 66, in the collection of the Saint Louis<br />
Art Museum; Nott, The Flowery Kingdom,<br />
pl. XLIV, p. 99; Tibet Museum, Jade<br />
Selections from Yuan, Ming and Qing<br />
Dynasties in the Tibet Museum, no. 101,<br />
p. 148; and Zhang, Jadeware (II): The<br />
Complete Collection of Treasures of the<br />
Palace Museum, nos. 149 and 150, p. 189.
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