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2019 Autumn Auctions
Exquisite Beauty of Archaic Jade Carvings from a San Francisco Private Collection II

862
An archaic white jade horse(Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 8))

8 cm.( 3 1/8 in ) wide


Naturalistically worked as a magnificent recumbent horse, the attractive mane falling down the back of its neck, the head raised with its head tipped downwards, its long face defined by pronounced facial features and nostrils, its muscular body at rest, with three feet tucked in and the left frontal feet extended in preparation to stand, the semi-translucent stone of a creamy white tone with greyish-brown inclusions.
Provenance:
An American private collection, acquired in the 1980s

Price estimate:
HKD: 5,000,000 - 7,000,000
USD: 635,330 - 889,460

Auction Result:
HKD: 5,900,000

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