

Herdboy Riding a Water Buffalo
A ceramic figure of a young boy riding a water buffalo. The boy wears a green robe with gold and pink designs and plays a flute. He has a white face, black hair, and sits cross-legged on the back of a large brown water buffalo with black horns and hooves. The figure and animal have a shiny surface. The background is gray with a darker shade at the top and lighter at the bottom.
Artwork Details
- Date
- late 17th–early 18th century
- Medium
- Porcelain with colored enamels on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware)
- Culture
- China
- Dimensions
- 599 × 449 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
You May Also Like

Censer in Form of a Boy Riding an Ox

Buddha Shakyamuni with attendant bodhisattvas

Netsuke of Ox with Bokudo

Herdboy with water buffalo

Netsuke of Ox with Bokudo

Buffalo with Rider

Composite Lion and Bull

Figure

European Sitting on a Lion

Mirror Stand in the Shape of an Ox

Container in the Form of a Unicorn

Netsuke

Elephant and two boys

Figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin riding a lion

Netsuke of Boy Climbing over the Back of a Cow

Netsuke of Man Playing Flute atop an Ox
Boy Seated on an Ox

Horse and rider

Bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu)

Woman Riding Two Brahman Bulls

Snuff Bottle Depicting the Immortal Liu Hai

Kneeling Figure

Seated Ascetic, Deified King, Agni (The God of Fire)

Cow Reclining




