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Lot #145 - A Chinese Recumbent Jade Water Buffalo, Yuan/Ming Dynasty, 14th/16th century

  • Auction House:
    Mossgreen
  • Sale Name:
    Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of Chinese, European Art and Antiques
  • Sale Date:
    21 Nov 2011 ~ 6pm (Lots 1 - 215)
    22 Nov 2011 ~ 11am (Lots 216 - 354)
    22 Nov 2011 ~ 2pm (Lots 355 - 624)
    22 Nov 2011 ~ 6.30pm (Lots 625 - 775)
  • Lot #:
    145
  • Lot Description:
    A Chinese Recumbent Jade Water Buffalo, Yuan/Ming Dynasty, 14th/16th century
    The well-polished oily black and celadon pebble heavily veined. The weight and the flat base suggest its use as a paperweight
    6.4cm length
  • Provenance:
    Dr and Mrs Mourot Collection, Virginia, USA
  • Notes:
    *See Chinese Jade Animals , The Urban Council, HK Museum of Art, 1996, no 74 for a recumbent animal, the base flat, the stone of remarkably similar colour and markings, dated Tang-Song dynasty
  • Estimate:
    A$6,000 - 8,000
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Oriental

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