ID 1007266
Lot 821 | A WELL-CARVED BEIGE AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT WATER BUFFALO
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (AD 960-1368)
The figure is shown with the legs tucked beneath the body, the head raised and slightly turned to one side and the tailed flicked to up onto the rump. The stone is of a warm beige tone with fine veining and areas of brown to the underside.
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long, cloth box
Provenance
Malcolm Barnett, The Kirknorton Collection, Hong Kong.
Anthony Carter, London, 12 July 2000.
The LJZ Collection, United States.
Literature
B. Morgan and Li Boqian, Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton Collection, London, 1995, no. 22.
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 18-19, no. 4.
Exhibited
London, Carter Fine Art Ltd., Naturalism & Archaism: Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton Collection, 1995.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Liao dynasty, Song dynasty, Yuan dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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