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THE VICTOR SHAW COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADES 十七世紀 黄玉臥牛
A SMALL YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE FIGURE
OF A RECUMBENT BUFFALO,
17TH CENTURY
7 cm
HK$ 300,000-400,000
US$ 38,300-51,000

The buffalo has long been a popular subject matter for 牛作春耕的象徵，寓意耕種和勤勉；在以農立國的古
jade carving, with notable examples from the Han Dynasty 代中國，其重要地位顯而易見。農家視牛如寶，對耕
onwards: see, for example, the small mottled green jade 牛嚴忌宰殺。玉牛最早見於漢代，如一件漢代玉牛，
buffalo dated to the Han Dynasty illustrated by R-Y.Lefebvre-
d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, 見R-Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé著，《Chinese Jades in the
Japan, 1972, pl.XXII. Avery Brundage Collection》，日本，1972年，圖版22
The peaceful and tranquil nature of the present recumbent 。造型類似的玉雕牛，見Rena G. Segal舊藏一例，後
buffalo is expertly captured in the soft modelling of its body 售於紐約佳士得1995年3月23日，編號208；另有尺寸
and pose, while the gently raised nose heightened by natural 更小一例，售於紐約蘇富比1979年6月3日，編號293
russet inclusions create a visually amusing detail. A jade ；參看對比一件清十八世紀黃玉臥牛，為趙從衍舊
buffalo rendered in a similar pose, from the collection of
Rena G. Segal, was sold at Christie’s New York, 23rd March 藏，後售於香港蘇富比2018年11月30日，編號340。
1995, lot 208; a slightly smaller one was sold in our New York
rooms, 3rd June 1979, lot 293; See also a slightly smaller
yellow jade recumbent buffalo from the T. Y. Chao Collection,
and later sold at these rooms, 30th November 2018, lot 340.

3678

THE VICTOR SHAW COLLECTION OF CHINESE JADES 十七世紀 青白玉瑞鳥銜桃
A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'BIRD AND
PEACH' GROUP,
17TH CENTURY
10.5 cm
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

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