Chinese carved jade recumbent buffalo

An image of Animal Figure/Carving. Pale grey jade with brown and black veining. The buffalo is recumbent with its head turned to one side, the ridged horns clearly defined. The tail and the lower part of the legs and hooves are tucked up under the body. Nephrite, height 9 cm, length 17 cm, 1500-1700. Chinese.

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Animal Figure/Carving. Pale grey jade with brown and black veining. The buffalo is recumbent with its head turned to one side, the ridged horns clearly defined. The tail and the lower part of the legs and hooves are tucked up under the body. Nephrite, height 9 cm, length 17 cm, 1500-1700. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.1 & A-1996
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/29.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 682 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 83.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 29/1
Captured: 2008:01:17 22:59:05

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16th Century 17th Century AD animal figure animals buffalo carved carving Chinese figure Fitz_AA green horned horns jade livestock lying lying down nephrite reclining recumbent

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