A FINE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BUFFALO 17TH / 18TH CENTURY 青...

A FINE WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BUFFALO 17TH / 18TH CENTURY 青白玉牛 十七/十八世纪 the animal shown curled into a recumbent position, with head turned to one side and legs tucked beneath its body, the tail is flicked up onto its haunches 4cm long PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from S. Marchant & Son, ‘Post Archaic Chinese Jades’, London, 1995, No. 26, with original invoice. Formerly in the collection of Anthony J H Du Boulay NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Ip Yee, ‘Chinese Jade Carving’, Hong Kong, 1983, No. 123 Angus Forsyth, Brian McElney, ‘Jades from China’, Bath, 1994, No. 241 Hong Kong Museum of Art, ‘Chinese Jade Animals’, 1996, No. 79 S. K. Fung, Yeung Chun-tong, ‘Exquisite Jade Carving: Figures Animals, Ornaments’, University of Hong Kong, 1996, No. 81

Estimate:£950

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