A RARE THREE COLOUR JADE GROUP OF A BUFFALO AND QILIN
A RARE THREE COLOUR JADE GROUP OF A BUFFALO AND QILIN

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A RARE THREE COLOUR JADE GROUP OF A BUFFALO AND QILIN
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

The large group well carved as a recumbent buffalo with its head turned to the left with wispy ruyi clouds issuing from its mouth, falling and gathering to form a platform for a smaller qilin seated playfully on its left side, cleverly carved using the green portion of the jade, the buffalo's broad back highlighted in russet tones above a long stem of millet to the reverse, the stone of graduating tone from pale celadon to bright green, with russet surface inclusions
7 1/8 in. (17.9 cm.) long

來源
Victor Topper, Toronto, Canada
Sotheby's London, 20 October 1969, lot 155
出版
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 60
展覽
Christie's New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

拍品專文

Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 20 October 1969, lot 155.

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