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A FINELY CARVED CELADON JADE MODEL OF ‘WATER BUFFALO A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BUFFALO AND QILIN’ GROUP, QIANLONG ȿ䈃䓇渺湇ȿ㶭䘥䌱炻Ḧ昮⸜攻ĩIJĸĴķĮIJĸĺĶ⸜Ī
AND DOULI’ 18 CENTURY PERIOD (1736-1795) 㶭䘥␴䓘䌱炻墸刚㰩炻堐朊㤝⹎⸛㹹䢐⃱
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Nephrite of pale celadon color, several russet veins and some white The pale celadon nephrite with areas of russet inclusions. Excellent ᷕ⚳炻Ḧ昮㗪㛇ĩIJĸĴķĮIJĸĺĶ⸜Ī
clouds, excellent surface polish surface finish. 櫤㕏䤆ⶍ䘬↨㱽⇣∫↢再⛸䘬慹䈃炻朊⮵叿⮷渺湇炻⎸↢暚曏凔䘬㯋〗ˤ䳘
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China, 18 century China, Qianlong Period (1736-1795) 兑䘬晽㱽⮯䈃冯渺湇䘬Ḻ≽堐䎦䘬㟑㟑⤪䓇ˤ
℟㍐㕟炻再䈃䲣↿䌱☐⍿⇘⃫㗪㛇炻䚠䔞㳩埴䘬ȿ䈏䈃䪍⫸ȿ昞䒟⍲曺戭㯜
The beast is naturalistically shown in a recumbent position, with its head Masterfully carved in the round as a recumbent water buffalo, its head 㺜㇨⼙枧ˤ
slightly raised. A finely incised rope is threaded through its well-detailed turned to the right to face a small cub-like qilin. The buffalo exhales a ⼊䉨烉㷦䃞⣑ㆸ
small nostrils and draped over its pronounced spine. A Chinese doulì cloud of smoke supporting its front hoofs as well as the qilin. The details ⯢⮠烉攟⹎IJIJįij⍀䰛
bamboo hat has been left to rest on the buffalo’s back. The carving of both animals finely rendered, the buffalo is highly realistic with ridged 慵慷烉ĵĺĶ⃳
shows the legs tucked beneath the full, rounded body with the tail horns, incised facial features and bold ridges indicating the animal’s ribs. ⑩䚠⬴伶
flicked to one side, large eyes, the ears well hollowed beneath the pair It has been suggested that jade figures such as these were based on the ⊰䈁⇑䥩Ṣ㓞啷
of massive, ridged horns curved back onto the neck. While the subject ceramic and bronze water droppers in the shape of a buffalo with a boy 㔯䌣⍫侫烉夳ŋŦŴŴŪŤŢġœŢŸŴŰů叿˪⽆㕘䞛☐㗪ẋ⇘㶭ẋ䘬ᷕ⚳䌱☐普˫炻ΐ
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of ‘water buffalo and boy’ is quite common among 18 century jade seated on its back that were popular during the Yuan period. For this 㔎炻IJĺĺĶ⸜炻䫔ĴĸIJ枩
carvings, the present witty variation with only the farm boy’s doulì IJĹᶾ䲨䱦伶ȿ㯜䈃冯㔿䫈ȿ晽曺䌱 opinion, see literature comparison below. 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉夳Ἓ⢓⼿炻˪㓞啷⭞łŭŢů⍲ŔŪŮŰůŦġʼnŢųŵŮŢů䘬慵天ᷕ⚳䌱䞛˫炻楁
remaining on the buffalos back seems to be rather unique. ␴䓘曺䌱刚㰩炻㤝Ἓ⃱㹹堐朊 㷗炻ijııķ⸜IJIJ㚰ijĹ嘇炻IJĵijĹ嘇㉵⑩ˤ
ᷕ⚳炻IJĹᶾ䲨 Shape: Natural
Shape: Natural 㯜䈃冒䃞⛘再⛸炻柕悐ṃ姙ᶲ㎂ˤġ晽ⶍ䱦䳘䘬丑䳊䨧忶Ṿ䘬滣䑘炻⺞Ỡ军 Dimensions: Length 11,2 cm EstimateġEUR 1.500,-
Dimensions: Length 12.8 cm 側傲ᶲˤᶨ枪䪡㔿䫈㓦伖⛐䈃側ᶲˤ⇵⼴儛⸛枮⛘㓞ℍ幓橼ᶳ炻䈃⯦冒䃞㒢 Weight: 495 grams Starting price EUR 750,-
Weight: 376 grams ⎹ᶨ㕩ˤ晾䃞㶙怫䘬䛤䜃⍲℟⣏䘬䈃奺⏠⺽Ḯ䚖⃱炻ṵᶵ暋䘤䎦⛐䈃奺ᶳ䱦 Condition: Perfect condition
Condition: Perfect condition. Several natural veins in the mineral, as ⽫⇣䔓䘬䈃俛ˤȿ䈏䈃䪍⫸ȿ㗗IJĹᶾ䲨⋩↮䚃埴䘬䌱晽柴㛸炻忁⮲ȿ㯜䈃冯㔿 Provenance: Hungarian private collection
visible on the photos 䫈ȿ䚠栗庫䁢䌐䈡ˤ
Provenance: American private collection ⼊䉨烉㯜䈃忈✳ Literature comparison: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic
⯢⮠烉攟⹎IJijįĹ⍀䰛 to the Qing, London, 1995, page 371
Literature comparison: Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing, Asia House 慵慷烉Ĵĸķ⃳
Gallery, New York, 1980, cat. no. 46, 47, 48. (for various jade models of ⑩䚠⬴┬炻㔠㡅⣑䃞䣎䈑䲳䎮炻⤪⚾㇨䣢ˤ Auction results comparison: Important Chinese Jades from the Personal
water buffalos) 伶⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷 Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman. Christies, Hong Kong, 28
㔯䌣⍫侫烉⣂ẞ栆Ụ忈✳䌱䞛⎗⍫侫łŴŪŢġʼnŰŶŴŦġňŢŭŭŦųź↢䇰˪⽆㻊ẋ军㶭ẋ November 2006, lot 1428. (for a very similar piece)
Auction results comparison: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, ᷕ⚳䌱䞛普˫炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹı⸜炻䈑ẞ䶐嘇ĵķĭĵĸĭĵĹġˤ
Christies, London, 13 May 2014, lot 149. (for a similar, slightly larger 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉⎎ᶨ䚠ỤỮ⯢⮠䔍⣏ἄ⑩炻⍫夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪ᷕ⚳䒟☐⍲ⶍ喅䱦⑩˫
example) Chinese Ceramics, Works of Art and Textiles, Christies, London, 炻ijıIJĵ⸜Ķ㚰IJĴ㖍炻ΐ㔎炻IJĵĺ嘇㉵⑩ˤ
15 May 2015, lot 683. (for a similar, slightly smaller example)
EstimateġEUR 1.500,-
Starting price EUR 750,-

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