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A White Jade "Horse And Monkey" Group

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Ming Dynasty
Length: 8.3cm

Well carved as a recumbent horse with its head turned back to gaze at a monkey clambering up its back and teasing it by pulling the horse's right ear, the color-enhanced deep russet "skin" of the stone cleverly employed to highlight the monkey's fur.

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