Lot 2805. A white jade 'Buffalo and standing boy' carving, 17th century; 7 cm., 2 3/4 in. Estimate 400,000 — 500,000 HKD. Lot sold 980,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010

carved in the round with a recumbent buffalo, its muscular body well defined with a bushy tail curling around its hind leg, tied to the nostrils with a long rope grabbed by a standing boy, his hair tightly wound into a bun, dressed in a long-sleeved outfit and trousers, the celadon-tinged white stone with russet veining, fitted stand.

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1970s.