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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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A JADE ‘BUFFALO AND BOY’ GROUP
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The group is carved in the round as a buffalo with its head turned to the right to face the
herdsman at its side, both playfully tugging on a leafy stalk. The buffalo is depicted with
bulging round eyes, large ridged horns and a rope trails down its body. The other side is
carved with a young buffalo. The stone is of a pale greyish tone with russet inclusions.
4 º in. (11 cm.) long
HK$400,000-600,000 US$52,000-77,000

PROVENANCE
P. C. Lu & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 1975
Sold at Christie’s London, 10 May 2011, lot 128
fig. 1 © The Avery Brundage Collection, Courtesy
The style of carving of the current buffalo group is very similar to that of a horse of Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
group in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, which 圖一 © Avery Brundage 珍藏，舊金山亞洲藝術博物館
shares a similar base supporting a figure grooming a horse carved in the round,
finished with an satiny polish, see Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection,
San Francisco, 1997, cover and Plate XLIV (fig. 1).

清 玉雕童子牧牛擺件

此擺件的雕刻風格與亞洲舊金山藝術博物館 Avery Brundage 珍藏中的一件玉馬擺件
十分相近，該擺件亦將一塊玉料以圓雕方式呈現人與動物之間的互動，拋光柔和，
見 《Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection》，舊金山，1997 年，封面及圖版
XLIV( 圖一 )。

來源
魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1975 年
倫敦佳士得，2011 年 5 月 10 日，拍品 128 號

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