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Auction archive: Lot number 68

A RARE LARGE GREYISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMB...

Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
US$241,000
Auction archive: Lot number 68

A RARE LARGE GREYISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMB...

Estimate
US$200,000 - US$300,000
Price realised:
US$241,000
Beschreibung:

A RARE LARGE GREYISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT WATER BUFFALO
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
A RARE LARGE GREYISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT WATER BUFFALO MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) The recumbent beast well and cleverly carved with flattened features to conform to the irregular shape of the large pebble, its body coiled around so that the muzzle rests on the flank beside the right rear hoof, while the three other legs and hoofs are carved on the underside, the head carved with broad nose, eyes with incised pupils and ears projecting below the curved, grooved horns, with finely incised hair markings on the tail flicked up onto the right rear haunch, the greyish-green stone suffused with buff and blackish inclusions and with extensive brown coloring 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long, box

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
19 September 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A RARE LARGE GREYISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT WATER BUFFALO
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
A RARE LARGE GREYISH-GREEN AND BROWN JADE FIGURE OF A RECUMBENT WATER BUFFALO MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) The recumbent beast well and cleverly carved with flattened features to conform to the irregular shape of the large pebble, its body coiled around so that the muzzle rests on the flank beside the right rear hoof, while the three other legs and hoofs are carved on the underside, the head carved with broad nose, eyes with incised pupils and ears projecting below the curved, grooved horns, with finely incised hair markings on the tail flicked up onto the right rear haunch, the greyish-green stone suffused with buff and blackish inclusions and with extensive brown coloring 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long, box

Auction archive: Lot number 68
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
19 September 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
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