A White Jade Carving of a Buffalo Qing Dynasty, 18th / 19th Century

carved as a recumbent buffalo resting with its legs tucked beneath its body on a base carved in the form of jagged rockwork, the ridged curved horns and the muscles of the buffalo naturalistically defined, a boy kneeling atop the buffalo whilst holding the hand of a clambering boy, the stone of a pale celadon tone mottled with russet streaks