Various Owners
A hardstone water buffalo and boy carving
Late Qing Dynasty/ Republic
The hardstone carving, possibly turquoise, carved in the form of a recumbent water buffalo, with its forelegs partly raised, its tail flicked to one side, surmounted by a smiling boy riding on its back, holding the left horn in one hand and the tethered rope in his right hand, with a hat tied behind his back, wood stand.
17.3cm (6¾in) wide (2).
The hardstone carving, possibly turquoise, carved in the form of a recumbent water buffalo, with its forelegs partly raised, its tail flicked to one side, surmounted by a smiling boy riding on its back, holding the left horn in one hand and the tethered rope in his right hand, with a hat tied behind his back, wood stand.
17.3cm (6¾in) wide (2).
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
HK$ 35,000 - 59,000
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
HK$ 35,000 - 59,000
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
Footnotes
- Provenance: an English private collection
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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