Boy Riding Buffalo, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Kangxi period (1662–1722), late 17th–early 18th century, China, Porcelain painted with colored enamels on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware), H. 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm); L. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Ceramics, Popular in many media, representations of young boys with water buffalos often have Buddhist overtones. The motif of a youth herding a water buffalo alludes to a famous eleventh- to twelfth-century cycle of parables known as the Ten Oxherding Songs
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Boy Riding Buffalo, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, Kangxi period, 1662–1722, late 17th–early 18th century, China, Porcelain painted, colored enamels, biscuit, Jingdezhen ware, H, 10 1/2, 26.7 cm, L, 10, 25.4, Ceramics, Popular, media, representations, young boys, water buffalos, Buddhist overtones, motif, youth herding buffalo alludes, famous eleventh, twelfth-century cycle, parables, Ten Oxherding, Songs
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