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Exhibition

Celebrating the Year of the Ox

Overview Exhibition Objects

Wine Container in the Shape of an Ox, Bronze, China — Wine Container in the Shape of an Ox
China

Water Buffalo, Jade (nephrite), China — Water Buffalo
China
13th–11th century BCE

Recumbent Ox, Bronze inlaid with gold and jade (nephrite), China — Recumbent Ox
China

Water Buffalo, Jade (nephrite), China — Water Buffalo
China
18th century

Herdboy with water buffalo, Cloisonné enamel, gilt copper alloy, China — Herdboy with water buffalo
China
18th–19th century

Boy with water buffalo, Jade (nephrite), China — Boy with water buffalo
China
18th century

Herdboy Riding a Water Buffalo, Porcelain with colored enamels on the biscuit (Jingdezhen ware), China — Herdboy Riding a Water Buffalo
China
late 17th–early 18th century

Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, Jade (nephrite), China — Twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac
China
18th–19th century

Chinese Zodiac Animal: Ox, Gilded bronze, China — Chinese Zodiac Animal: Ox
China
7th–8th century

Zodiac Figure of an Ox, Glazed stoneware, China — Zodiac Figure of an Ox
China

Set of twelve zodiac animals, Earthenware with white slip, China — Set of twelve zodiac animals
China
8th century