A RARE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF WATER BUFFALO
A RARE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF WATER BUFFALO
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Each buffalo is shown standing with the head slightly turned to one side, with round eyes and a ruyi-shaped nose, framed by a pair of curved horns above pointed ears. The back of the neck and hunched shoulders have folded skin leading to a muscular body and a long tail tucked alongside one hind leg.
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long
Provenance
The Pan-Asian Collection (Christian Humann, d. 1981), New York, by 1981.
Christie's New York, 1 December 1982, lot 302.
James Godfrey, New York, 1983.
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A RARE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE FIGURES OF WATER BUFFALO
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Each buffalo is shown standing with the head slightly turned to one side, with round eyes and a ruyi-shaped nose, framed by a pair of curved horns above pointed ears. The back of the neck and hunched shoulders have folded skin leading to a muscular body and a long tail tucked alongside one hind leg.
7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) long
Provenance
The Pan-Asian Collection (Christian Humann, d. 1981), New York, by 1981.
Christie's New York, 1 December 1982, lot 302.
James Godfrey, New York, 1983.
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