ID 1007271
Lot 838 | A PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVING OF A FOREIGNER RIDING A HOBBY HORSE
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The foreigner is shown wearing a cap and a long-sleeved robe, and sitting astride a hobby horse with wheels. The pale greenish-white stone has a satiny polish and patches of russet to the reverse.
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
Angus Forsyth Collection, Hong Kong.
Anthony Carter, London, 27 August 2002.
The LJZ Collection, United States.
Literature
A. Forsyth and B. McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, no. 248.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 70-71, no. 30.
Exhibited
Bath, England, Museum of East Asian Art, Jades from China, 11 June 1994.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty, Liao dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty, Liao dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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