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PROPERTY FROM AN OLD HONG KONG COLLECTION 清十八世紀 黃玉臥牛
A FINELY CARVED YELLOW JADE FIGURE OF
A BUFFALO 來源：
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 香港蘇富比1976年12月2日，編號702
趙從衍（1912-1999年）收藏
depicted recumbent with its head turned to the left and resting
on its forelegs, naturalistically rendered with alert eyes and 玉牛雕工妙絕，精準捕捉臥牛愜息姿態，靜謐沉穩，首
flaring nostrils, crowned with a pair of curved striated horns, 鼻微揚，玉石褐斑，更添生動趣味。Rena G. Segal 舊藏
the body accentuated with a curved spine terminating in a 一件類同玉雕臥牛，1995年3月23日售於紐約佳士得，編
tail sweeping underneath its hind haunch, the stone of an 號208；另一件類同玉牛，尺寸略小，1979年6月3日售
attractive warm yellow colour with light russet markings
6.4 cm, 2½ in. 於紐約蘇富比，編號293；倫敦蘇富比亦曾售出一件相似
作例，1977年10月28日，編號284。並參考一件十七世
PROVENANCE
紀 Hatik 珍藏玉牛，2010年10月8日，售於香港蘇富比，
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2nd December 1976, lot 702. 編號2796。
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999).
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,600-38,400

Finely carved as a recumbent buffalo, the peaceful and tranquil
nature of the animal is expertly captured in the soft modelling
of its body and pose, while the gently raised nose heightened
by natural russet inclusions create a visually amusing detail.
A jade buffalo rendered in a similar pose, from the collection
of Rena G. Segal, was sold at Christie’s New York, 23rd March
1995, lot 208; a slightly smaller one was sold in our New York
rooms, 3rd June 1979, lot 293; and another was sold in our
London rooms, 28th October 1977, lot 284. See also one
attributed to the 17th century, from the Hatik collection, sold in
these rooms, 8th October 2010, lot 2796.

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