Lot #145 - A Chinese Recumbent Jade Water Buffalo, Yuan/Ming Dynasty, 14th/16th century
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of Chinese, European Art and Antiques
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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
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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
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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
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Estimate:A$6,000 - 8,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Oriental
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