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18TH CENTURYThe recumbent horse with its legs tucked underneath its body, turning its head backwards to look at the primate seated upon its back, the monkey carved with a mischievous expression and clutching onto the horse's reins, the reverse with two circular loops for attachment, the stone with some areas of white mottling, 8.5cm.The motif of a monkey, hou, on the back of a horse, ma, represents the rebus ma shang feng hou, which may be translated as 'may you immediately be promoted to a high rank of office.' Such pieces would have been used to pass on good wishes to aspiring officials.Cf. Marchant, Chinese Jades from the Mr O J R Allen Collection, p.72, no.35 for a related belt buckle.