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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳珍藏
3057
A PALE CELADON JADE 'BUFFALO AND BOY' 清十八世紀 青白玉牧童水牛擺件
GROUP
來源:
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 魯氏父子有限公司，香港，1975年
The jade is naturalistically carved with a standing buffalo grasping a 倫敦佳士得，2011年5月10日，拍品128號
stalk of millet in its mouth, with a boy crouched down with a playful
expression and tugging at the stalk of the millet. A long rope trails 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
from the buffalo's nostrils, looping over its back and connecting to 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
the nostril of its young. 之間的互動，拋光柔和，見 《Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage
4º in. (10.8 cm.) long Collection》，舊金山，1997年，封面及圖版XLIV。
HK$300,000-400,000 US$39,000-51,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
P.C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, 1975
Sold at Christie’s London, 10 May 2011, lot 128
The style of carving of the current buffalo group is very similar to that of
a horse group in the Avery Brundage Collection, Asian Art Museum of
San Francisco, which 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.

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