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PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE HARTMAN
COLLECTION
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A LARGE GRAY-GREEN FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT OX The buffalo symbolizes strength, prosperity, and tranquility, qualities that
20th century likely contributed to its inclusion among the large jade animal figures
Rendered naturalistically with the legs tucked underneath the body, the produced from the late Ming to the early Qing period. Similar jade figures
head turned to one side and framed by ribbed horns, the tail curved depicting reclining water buffaloes of substantial size can be found
against the haunches, the stone a variegated gray and pale green hue in both public and private collections. One such example boasting a
with black inclusions. greyish-green hue, is discussed in J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the
15in (38.1cm) long Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 375, cat. no. 26:19. Rawson
notes that these figures share a consistent size range and are crafted
$8,000 - 12,000 from opaque stones displaying various shades of grey-green.

二十世紀 大件青灰玉臥牛
Provenance:
Spink and Son Ltd., London (according to label)
C. T. Loo, New York (according to label)

來源:
倫敦 Spink and Son Ltd.古董行(根據標籤)
紐約盧芹齋古董行(根據標籤)

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