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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE OF A BUFFALO
SONG DYNASTY
rendered recumbent with the legs folded at the sides save for the left hind leg tucked beneath the body, the beast portrayed with a
prominent snout surmounted by a pair of lozenge-shaped eyes and sharp horns issuing from the head above a pair of pointed ears,
the body depicted muscular with rounded contours and terminating with a finely incised tail swept up against the right haunch, the
stone of a yellowish-green colour with russet speckles
宋 黃玉臥牛
5.4 cm, 2⅛ in.
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200
PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Jon Edwards. Jon Edwards 收藏
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd, New York. Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd,紐約
LITERATURE 出版
A Private Collection of Early Chinese Jade Carvings, 《A Private Collection of Early Chinese Jade
Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd, New York, 1994, no. 17. Carvings》,Weisbrod Chinese Art Ltd,紐
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection 約,1994年,編號17
of Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 羅伯特.楊門,《楊門藏玉:中國玉器.新石器時代至
2008, pl. 91. 清代》,芝加哥,2008年,圖版91
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