A rare yellow and russet jade 'horses' snuff bottleMaster of the Rocks School, 18th/19th century
Of rounded rectangular form raised on an ovoid recessed foot, one side carved in high relief using the russet skin to depict two horses, one walking on a cliff towards a pine tree while the other resting, all on a yellow-green background, stopper. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high (2).注脚十八/十九世紀 黃玉帶皮巧雕飲馬圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
The Angela Chua Collection

來源：
蔡劉木蘭收藏

The present lot demonstrates an impressive use and balance of the relief decoration in the russet material contrasted with the yellow ground. The subject of two horses was a popular subject for the Official School and is more often represented in agate examples. Compare with three chalcedony examples using the same subject and decorated with a very similar composition, 18th/19th century, in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by H.White, Snuff Bottles from China. The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection, London, 1990, pp.52-53, pl.19, nos.1,3 and 4. See also a chalcedony 'horse' snuff bottle, 1740-1840, illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol.2, Hong Kong, 1998, no.84, which was later sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 May 2010, lot 20.

黃玉質，帶黃皮，就皮色巧雕松下二馬飲水圖。

參考倫敦維多利亞及艾伯特博物館藏三件十八/十九世紀玉髓雕馬鼻煙壺，見H.White著，《Snuff Bottles from China. The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection》，倫敦，1990年，頁52及53，圖版19，編號1、3及4。另可參考一件清中期玉髓雕馬鼻煙壺，見莫仕撝、V.Graham及曾嘉寶著，《瑪麗及莊智博鼻煙壺珍藏》，卷2，香港，1998年，編號84，後售於香港邦瀚斯，2010年5月28日，拍品編號20。