A CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BUFFALO

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC

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A CELADON JADE CARVING OF A BUFFALO
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
The jade is carved in the round as a recumbent buffalo with incised archaistic scrolls on the body and horns.
2 ½ in. (6.2 cm.) wide, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

Lot Essay

The forward-facing recumbent posture, block-like body and archaistic scroll decoration are all very similar to a jade water buffalo (6.2 cm.) from the tomb of the Shang queen, Fu Hao, consort of king Wu Ding, at Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in The Jades from Yinxu, Beijing, 1981, no. 77 (410).

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