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AN EXTREMELY RARE JADE FIGURE OF A BUFFALO
SHANG DYNASTY
superbly worked and depicted recumbent with the legs spread outwards and feet tucked beneath, the upper surface of the beast
centred with a subtly raised ridge terminating in a protruding tail, further decorated with angular scrollwork, the horned beast
portrayed with a prominent flat muzzle below large lozenge-shaped eyes enclosing circular irises and a pair of small pointed ears,
the lustrous stone of a celadon colour mottled with dark inclusions, traces of cinnabar
商 玉臥牛
4 cm, 1½ in.
HK$ 1,000,000-1,500,000
US$ 128,000-192,000

PROVENANCE 來源
C.T. Loo, Paris. 盧芹齋，巴黎
Collection of Frederick M. Mayer (d. 1974), New Frederick M. Mayer (1974年卒）收藏，紐約
York. 倫敦佳士得1974年6月24/25日，編號187
Christie’s London, 24/25th June 1974, lot 187. 出光美術館，東京
Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo. 紐約佳士得2003年3月26日，編號31
Christie’s New York, 26th March 2003, lot 31. 春源齋，紐約，2003年
Alvin Lo Oriental Art Ltd, New York, 2003. 展覽
EXHIBITED 《An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades》，盧
An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo, 芹齋，紐約，1950年，圖版XVII，編號1
New York, 1950, pl. XVII, no. 1. 出版
LITERATURE Alfred Salmony，《Carved Jade of Ancient
China》，倫敦，1937年，圖版XXI，編號6
Alfred Salmony, Carved Jade of Ancient China, 《中国の工芸：出光美術館蔵品図録》，東京，1989
London, 1937, pl. XXI, no. 6. 年，圖版149
Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, 羅伯特．楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器．新石器時代至
Tokyo, 1989, pl. 149. 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版33
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago,
2008, pl. 33.

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