A PALE CELADON JADE 'BOY AND BUFFALO' SCREEN QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD

of rectangular form, deftly carved in relief to one side depicting a playful boy riding a water buffalo, beside a river stream flowing through a craggy mountainscape accentuated with a pavilion and wutong, the boy gazing at two woodcutters strolling on a bridge in the distance, the smoothly polished stone of a pale celadon colour with russet streaks, wood stand

The jade panel is in very good condition with the exception of a tiny nick to the bottom left corner and the top edge,
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