Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's London, 20 October 1969, lot 155.
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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
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
Provenance
Victor Topper, Toronto, Canada
Sotheby's London, 20 October 1969, lot 155
Sotheby's London, 20 October 1969, lot 155
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 60
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