EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH-EARLY 18TH CENTURY

The present jade vis exceptional for its superb carving and use of high quality stone. A white jade carving of a water buffalo reclining beside a small figure of a qilin exhaling vapor from its mouth was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1428. Qilin are believed to be the bringer of sons.