A jade carving of a buffalo and boy, a pair of white-glazed vases and a bronze opium lamp
A jade carving of a buffalo and boy, a pair of white-glazed vases and a bronze opium lamp

THE JADE LATE 17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A jade carving of a buffalo and boy, a pair of white-glazed vases and a bronze opium lamp
The jade late 17th/18th Century
The recumbent buffalo with a young boy climbing its back, the pale grey celadon stone with small russet inclusions, 8 cm. long; the vases with flattened pear-shaped sides moulded in relief with cranes flying among cloud scrolls, raised on a splayed foot, applied with qilin-mask handles, 19.3 cm. high; and a copper bronze opium lamp carved and pierced with dragons, the glass shade enamelled with shou characters and various bird panels (crack to the glass), 18.8 cm. high (4)

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