Lot 1207. A mottled dark green jade recumbent buffalo pendant;2 3/8 and 3 5/8 in. (6 and 9.2 cm.) long. Estimate $8,000 - USD 12,000. Price Realised $43,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2011

Carved in the round in Shang style, with head facing forward, the horns with angular scrolls, with a bullnose channel through the mouth and lower jaw, the legs tucked under the body forming two crossed channels between them, with satiny polish; together with a thick white jade curved dragon pendant, Eastern Zhou dynasty, carved at one end with a dragon head, the upper edges of most of the body beveled to the tapering tip, with possibly later-added incised decoration, the stone semi-translucent and with some faint russet markings, wood stand.

Provenance: Both: A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.

Christie's. Property from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 24 March 2011, New York, Rockefeller Plaza