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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
Lots 154 - 157

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A LARGE PALE GREEN AND GREY JADE CARVING OF A Provenance: Erwin Scharf (1904-1978), and thence by descent
WATER BUFFALO
17th/18th century Erwin Scharf (1904-1978) emigrated from Germany to Britain in the
The recumbent beast naturalistically modelled with its forelegs 1930s to escape Nazi persecution of the Jews. He graduated from the
and hind legs tucked under the powerful body accentuated by a university of Leipzig with a doctorate in law but never practiced, rather
pronounced spine, the tail flicked to the left side and head turned to going into the family business of manufacturing sound reproducing
gaze amenably at the viewer, the gracefully curved horns flanking the components. His brother, Dr Alfred Scharf was an art historian and it
flat forehead, the stone of pale-green tone with dark-grey patches, was he who encouraged Erwin’s interest in art.
wood stand.
19cm (7 1/2in) long. (2). 來源：Erwin Scharf（1904-1978）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今
£20,000 - 30,000 Erwin Scharf（1904-1978），二十世紀三十年代，為逃避納粹對猶太
人的迫害，自德國移民英國。 Erwin畢業於萊比錫大學並獲法學博士
CNY180,000 - 260,000 學位，後加入製造聲音再現裝置的家族企業。其兄Alfred Scharf博士
是一名藝術史學家，激發了Erwin對藝術的興趣。
十七/十八世紀 青白玉帶皮臥牛

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