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Lot Essay
The image of a boy with a buffalo was extremely popular and auspicious. In the catalogue entry for an earlier jade carving of a boy and buffalo in James C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades From Han to Ch'ing, no. 47, Watt writes that "Boys riding on ch'ing-pai porcelain water-droppers of the Yuan period often hold ears of rice, ho, in their hands, a pun for ho meaning harmony."
For examples of similar carvings of boys and buffalos see the following: From the Anthony K. W. Cheung collection illustrated in Virtuous Treasures Chinese Jades from the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2008, p. 170-171, no. 96; Terese Tse Bartholomew, Michael Knight, He Li, Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, San Francisco, 2007, p. 281, no. 311; Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade 9, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 1991, no. 135.
Compare also to a similar carving sold in our Hong Kong rooms, The Personal Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, 28 November 2006, lot 1423.
For examples of similar carvings of boys and buffalos see the following: From the Anthony K. W. Cheung collection illustrated in Virtuous Treasures Chinese Jades from the Scholar's Table, Hong Kong, 2008, p. 170-171, no. 96; Terese Tse Bartholomew, Michael Knight, He Li, Later Chinese Jades: Ming Dynasty to Early Twentieth Century, San Francisco, 2007, p. 281, no. 311; Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade 9, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 1991, no. 135.
Compare also to a similar carving sold in our Hong Kong rooms, The Personal Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, 28 November 2006, lot 1423.