Bust of horse with short ears - Green slightly translucent jade with touches of reddish suffusion, overall calcification and skin wrinkle
- Carving is decidedly three dimensional, with no surface decoration
- Mane is suggested rather simply - no delineation of hairs
- The short ears are a common feature of Chinese jade horses - economy of jade, perhaps
- This very substantial carving sits well with a definite noble appearance
- Age unknown - not modern, I think
- 16 x 16 x 5.8 cm; Â 1.96 kg
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