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THE ATTERBURY JADE BUFFALO 阿特伯里青玉大臥水牛

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AN IMPORTANT LARGE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A WATER
BUFFALO
17th century
The recumbent beast naturalistically modelled with its forelegs and
hind legs elegantly tucked under the powerful body accentuated by
a pronounced spine, the tail flicked to the right side and head turned
to gaze amenably at the viewer, the gracefully curved horns flanking
the flat forehead lightly incised with a whorl of hair, the neck skilfully
detailed with an undulating dewlap, the jowls, ear edges and base of
the horns finely detailed with hair markings, the stone of greyish-green
tone with darker and russet inclusions and lighter clouding.
31.5cm (12 3/8in) wide

£450,000 - 600,000
HK$4,900,000 - 6,600,000 CNY4,100,000 - 5,500,000

十七世紀 青玉大臥水牛

Provenance: E.W.L. Atterbury, England 來源：E.W.L. Atterbury先生舊藏
Sotheby’s London, 19 July 1949, lot 154 1949年7月19日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品154號
Henry Tozer, England Henry Tozer先生舊藏
Sotheby’s London, 26 July 1960, lot 135 (illustrated as frontispiece) 1960年7月26日於倫敦蘇富比拍賣，拍品135號
An English private collection and thence by descent 英國私人珍藏，並由後人保存迄今
Eskenazi Ltd., London 倫敦古董商埃斯卡納茨(Eskenazi Ltd.)

Exhibited: 展覽：
Arts Council of Great Britain/ Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of 1957年於英國藝術理事會暨倫敦東方陶瓷學會合辦「The Arts of the
the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, no.344 Ming Dynasty(明代藝術)」特展展出，展品344號

Published: 出版：
Arts Council of Great Britain/ Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of 英國藝術理事會暨倫敦東方陶瓷學會合著，《The Arts of the Ming
the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, no.344 Dynasty(明代藝術)》特展圖錄，倫敦，1957年，編號344
H.M.Garner, et.al., ‘The Arts of the Ming Dynasty’, Transactions of H.M.Garner編著，「The Arts of the Ming Dynasty(明代藝術)」，收錄
the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1955-57, vol.30, London, 1958, pl.93, 於《Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1955-57, vol.30(東
no.344 方陶瓷學會1955-57年度第30期會報)》，倫敦，1958年，圖93，編
Eskenazi, Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver; Works of Art 號344
of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, March 2011, no.18 埃斯卡納茨著，《Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver; Works
R.Davids and D.Jellinek, Provenance, Oxon, 2011, p.424 of Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties(中國高古金銀鐵器及明清工藝珍
品)》，紐約，2011年3月，編號18
R.Davids及D.Jellinek合著，《 Provenance (來源)》，牛津，2011年，
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