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A WELL-CARVED MOTTLED GREEN AND BROWN JADE 明 青褐玉童子➜➐把Ы
'BUFFALO AND BOY' GROUP
Ϝ源
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
鍾華培熙墀珍藏
香港
"OUIPOZ $BSUFS
і敦
年 月 日
The group is carved as a recumbent water buffalo with a rope threaded through its nose,
-+;珍藏
美४
with a boy playfully climbing onto its back. The boy is shown grasping a flute in one hand,
and a straw hat hanging off his neck. The stone is of a green tone with areas of opaque and 展覽
brown mottling, particularly to the underside. 香港
香港藝術館
Ǚ中४肖生玉雕ǚ
年
月 日 月 日
3q in. (8.9 cm.) long 香港
香港藝術館
Ǚ歷代文ḵ萃珍Ĝ敏求★
舍˕十周年紀念展ǚ
香港
年 月
$80,000-120,000
日 年 月 日
PROVENANCE: ֨ḛ
Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong. 敏求★舍
Ǘ歷代文ḵ萃珍Ĝ敏求★舍˕十周年
紀念展ǘ
香港
年
頁
編號
Anthony Carter, London, 29 November 2004.
香港藝術館
Ǘ中४肖生玉雕ǘ
香港
The LJZ Collection, United States.
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編號
EXHIBITED: 姜濤及劉雲㍿
Ǘ熙墀藏玉ǘ
٫̺
年
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, 19 April-14 July 1996. 頁
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, " $BSUFS
Ǘ5IF -+; $PMMFDUJPO PG
Hong Kong, 30 November 1990-10 February 1991. $IJOFTF +BEFTǘ
і敦
年
頁
編號
LITERATURE:
Min Chiu Society, Min Chiu Society Thirtieth Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1990, p. 454,
no. 219.
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Animals, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 166-67, no. 154.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 177.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 60-61, no. 25.
The buffalo symbolizes strength and diligence, and is also associated with agriculture
and springtime because of its use in pulling ploughs. When paired with a child, the motif
represents harmony and peaceful coexistence between man and nature. According to
James C. Y. Watt in Chinese Jades From Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p. 65, no. 46,
the subject of the boy on the buffalo first appeared during the Southern Song dynasty.
In addition to being featured in paintings, ceramics, and bronzes, the buffalo and its boy
minder can also be found in jade carvings from the Yuan dynasty through to the Qing.
A similar carving dated to the Ming dynasty, is illustrated in the Min Chiu Society
exhibition catalogue, Selected Treasures of Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 1991, p. 454, no. 219.

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