The figure depicts a recumbent water buffalo with head lowered, carved from celadon jade with natural inclusions and russet, all on top of pierce carved wooden stand.|Qing Dynasty period.||Height: 3 7/8 in (9.8 cm) Length: 10 1/8 in (25.7 cm) Width: 3 in (7.6 cm)|清 碧玉臥牛|碧玉內蘊深沉，玉質中滲透著日月之精華，正是碧玉的這種穩重與莊穆，深得皇家宮廷所喜。此件碧玉以圓雕一臥牛，質青翠瑩潤，細膩光滑。其身俯臥狀，頭前傾，雙目圓睜，雙耳微張，以一種寫實的技法，琢磨而成。雕工細膩入微，臥牛神形兼備，玉質優良，品相完好，輔以木座，更增古韻，為難得佳品。