Catalogue No.8
China: Tang/early Song Dynasty [ 618-1279 ]
Height: 3.1/8in [ 7.9cm ]
A white jade model of a recumbent horse with its head bowed slightly to the right, three legs tucked
under its body and the left front hoof resting against the head, the tail whipped over the right haunch, the forelock
curled around its ears and the mane falling either side of the neck, a russet patch to one side of its body, a rectangular
aperture pierced through its back, the details well defined.
Provenance: Property of a Lady