Lot 2800. A white jade 'Boy climbing on a recumbent buffalo' carving, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century; 9.5 cm., 3 3/4 in. Estimate 250,000 — 300,000 HKD. Lot sold 524,000 HKD. © Sotheby's 2010

carved in the round, the horned buffalo seated in a recumbent attitude with a bushy tail, tied to the nostrils with a long rope, a boy in loose-fitted clothes climbing on the beast, clutching a sprig of peaches in his left hand and a spray of millet in the right, the white stone highlighted with russet inclusions.

Provenance: Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1970s.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, Hong Kong, 08 Oct 2010