PROPERTIES FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR A LARGE...
PROPERTIES FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LARGE COLLECTION OF JADE CARVINGS
ASSEMBLED OVER 20 YEARS, PIECES BOUGHT EITHER AT PUBLIC AUCTION OR PRIVATELY
A RUSSET AND PALE CELADON JADE ‘WATER BUFFALO AND BOY’ GROUP
China, 20th century
Well carved as a boy seated beside a recumbent water buffalo as he tries to raise the buffalo by pulling on the long rope which trails from the ring in the buffalo's nose.
H: 2,9 cm – L: 6,4 cm – w: 4,6 cm
Weight: 127,5 grams
Provenance: An important collection of jade carvings, mostly Ming libation cups, properties from a French private collector, assembled over 20 years, pieces either bought privately or at public auction.
Note: One of the favourite images of the rural idyll depicted by Chinese painters such as Li Tang (1050-after 1130) shows a small boy either riding or leading a water buffalo. This became a theme seen in small jade carvings of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
赤玉和白玉雕“男孩与水牛”
中国,20世纪
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PROPERTIES FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LARGE COLLECTION OF JADE CARVINGS
ASSEMBLED OVER 20 YEARS, PIECES BOUGHT EITHER AT PUBLIC AUCTION OR PRIVATELY
A RUSSET AND PALE CELADON JADE ‘WATER BUFFALO AND BOY’ GROUP
China, 20th century
Well carved as a boy seated beside a recumbent water buffalo as he tries to raise the buffalo by pulling on the long rope which trails from the ring in the buffalo's nose.
H: 2,9 cm – L: 6,4 cm – w: 4,6 cm
Weight: 127,5 grams
Provenance: An important collection of jade carvings, mostly Ming libation cups, properties from a French private collector, assembled over 20 years, pieces either bought privately or at public auction.
Note: One of the favourite images of the rural idyll depicted by Chinese painters such as Li Tang (1050-after 1130) shows a small boy either riding or leading a water buffalo. This became a theme seen in small jade carvings of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
赤玉和白玉雕“男孩与水牛”
中国,20世纪