A jade carving of a water buffalo, Western Han dynasty

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Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

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Description

Length 3⅛ in., 8 cm

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.

Anthony Carter Ltd., London.

Compare a closely related example, similarly carved in a recumbent position, unearthed from the Western Han Xijiaqucun site, Shaanxi province, now housed in the Shaanxi History Museum, illustrated in Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 14 Shaanxi, Beijing, 2005, pl. 159.

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