A superbly carved pale green jade 'water-buffalo and boy' group
Qianlong
The smoothly-polished stone exquisitely carved in the round as a recumbent buffalo with its head turned to the left gazing at a boy playfully clambering on its back, the boy supporting himself with one hand on the animal's back and the other holding a rope trailing from the animal's nostrils, the ridged horns delicately depicted resting on the finely hollowed ears, the powerful body accentuated by a pronounced spine, the stone of an even pale green tone.
13.7cm (5 1/2in) long.