A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE MODELS OF WATER BUFFALO

A PAIR OF CHINESE CLOISONNE MODELS OF WATER BUFFALO

19TH CENTURY

Each depicted in a recumbent pose, their deep blue bodies detailed with fine hairs in inlaid wire, with their mouths highlighted in pink and their nostrils picked out in red, the underside of each pierced with a cash motif, each with a wood stand, 11.5cm, 200g and 196g. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Raymond Smith KBE (1917-2002) and Lady Smith (1918-1996).