Lot 246. A jade recumbent horse, Tang-Liao dynasty (618-1125). Length 4.7 cm, 1⅞ in. Lot sold: 15,120 GBP (Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.

unusually carved with simple linear outlines and angular shapes, the stone of a grey-white tone, pierced with a hole through the centre of the animal's back for suspension or fastening as a toggle.

Provenance: Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong, 1st February 1988.

Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 26:8.

Exhibited: Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1996, cat. no. 73.

Sotheby's. HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day. London, 8 December 2022