Lot 96
BRONZE FIGURE OF A WATER BUFFALO
WARRING STATES PERIOD
Auction: 8 November 2016 at 17:00 GMT
£2,375
Description
the recumbent beast with its head raised, with raised humps between its shoulders and granulations simulating fur, with later hardwood stand
Dimensions
9cm wide
Footnote
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Frau E. Rosenheim, Mrs E. Bennet and Mrs Walter Sedgwick.
Note:
Exhibited in: Chinesische Kunst, Berlin, 1929, and illustrated in the catalogue as no. 63. For a similar example, see Karlgren and Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes : The Natanael Wessen Collection, pl. 67, no. 51b, p. 166-167.