A WHITE JADE CARVING OF AN OX AND BOY 17th centuryA WHITE JADE CARVING OF AN OX AND BOY17th centuryThe pebble smoothly carved as a recumbent ox with legs tucked underneath the large heavy body, the lowered head resting with finely incised horns curling towards its back, a rope attached to its nose also curling over its left shoulder, a smiling boy clambers over its rear, the stone of pale white tone with yellowish-russet veins. 9cm (3 1/2in) long.十七世紀 白玉童子牧牛擺件Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., LondonA distinguished English private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2000, no.87來源：倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.英國顯赫私人收藏展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2000年，編號87See a related jade carving of a buffalo with two children, Ming dynasty, illustrated by J.C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, p.66, no.48.Compare also with a white jade 'boys and ox' group, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 6 October 2015, lot 14.