Sale 5092
Paris
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23 November 2004
Price realised
EUR 1,880
Estimate
BUFFLE SCULPTE EN AGATE CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, DEBUT DU XIXème SIECLE Représenté couché, les pattes repliées, les cornes finement sculptées, le socle en bois ajouré à décor de lingzhi ; très petites égrenures Longueur: 9,2 cm. (3 5/8 in.)
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AN AGATE RECUMBENT WATER BUFFALO CHINA, QING DYNASTY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Specialist Sarah Reynolds highlights the sumptuous work of the Pre-Raphaelites’ second and third generations
Specialist Camille de Foresta explains how these two large beasts were made some 1,000 years ago to accompany their Chinese owner into the afterlife