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A PALE CELADON JADE 'BUFFALO AND QILIN' GROUP
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Well carved in the round as a recumbent water buffalo, its head turned to the left to face a small cub-like qilin exhaling a cloud of smoke supporting a book onto the back of the buffalo, the details of both animals finely rendered, the pale celadon stone with areas of russet inclusions
4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm.) long, stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Well carved in the round as a recumbent water buffalo, its head turned to the left to face a small cub-like qilin exhaling a cloud of smoke supporting a book onto the back of the buffalo, the details of both animals finely rendered, the pale celadon stone with areas of russet inclusions
4 1/2 in. (11.3 cm.) long, stand
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, June 1991, lot 78
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 189
Exhibited
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004