Two jade animal carvings


The first, carved as a horse and deer finial pierced in the centre, the stone of celadon and russet tone, Jin/ Yuan dynasty, 3cm (1 3/16in) wide, box; and the second, carved in the form of a recumbent horse, pierced in the centre, the stone of a mottled grey-brown tone with natural striations, Yuan/ Ming dynasty, 6.9cm (2 3/4in) long (3).
|金/元及元/明 玉雕獸形把件 一組兩件Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection, prior to 2010來源：鄧德雍收藏，早於2010年Compare with a related saddled grey-green and brown jade horse, Yuan dynasty or later, in the British Museum, London, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.373, no.26:16.參考大英博物館藏一件元或更晚之青灰玉棕沁玉馬可作參考，見J.Rawson著《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁373，編號26:16。