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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET A CELADON JADE BUFFALO A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE BOY
JADE ‘BOY AND HORSE’ QING DYNASTY MING DYNASTY, 16TH / 17TH
CENTURY
the pebble carved in the form of a recumbent the pebble carved in the form of a recumbent
horse, with its head turned sharply to the side and bu alo with its legs tucked under its reclining the gure standing cross-legged, holding a lotus
twisted back over its body and facing a crouching body, its head turned to the left, grasping a lingzhi stalk with the leaf extending around the back
young boy, the stone of a pale even celadon color sprig in its mouth, its tail curling over one haunch, and the ower resting on one shoulder, the white
with yellow-russet skin the smoothly polished stone with enhanced stone with faint russet inclusions
Width 3⅛ in., 8 cm russet Height 3⅛ in., 8 cm
Length 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm
$ 1,500-2,000 $ 2,500-3,500
$ 2,500-3,500
墸㔹䘥䌱晽䪍⫸䈥楔㒢ẞ 㖶⋩ℕġİġ⋩ᶫᶾ䲨ġġġ
㶭ġġġ曺䌱晽再䈃㒢ẞ 墸㔹䘥䌱晽忋䓇屜⫸㒢ẞ

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